Step 1:
The first step to converting 11951.397 to a fraction is to re-write 11951.397 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 11951.397 can be written as simply 11951.397/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 11951.397, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 11951.397/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 11951.397/1 each by 1000:
Step 3:
Now the last step is to simplify the fraction (if possible) by finding similar factors and cancelling them out, which leads to the following answer for 11951.397 as a fraction:
59757/5 / 1