Step 1:
The first step to converting 1821.435 to a fraction is to re-write 1821.435 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 1821.435 can be written as simply 1821.435/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 1821.435, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1821.435/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1821.435/1 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 1821.435 as a fraction:
41893/23 / 1