Step 1:
The first step to converting 29285.515 to a fraction is to re-write 29285.515 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 29285.515 can be written as simply 29285.515/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 29285.515, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 29285.515/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 29285.515/1 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 29285.515 as a fraction:
58571/2 / 1