Step 1:
The first step to converting 2866.125 to a fraction is to re-write 2866.125 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 2866.125 can be written as simply 2866.125/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 2866.125, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 2866.125/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 2866.125/1 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 2866.125 as a fraction:
22929/8 / 1