Question: What is 3031.005 as a fraction?

Step 1:

The first step to converting 3031.005 to a fraction is to re-write 3031.005 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 3031.005 can be written as simply 3031.005/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 3031.005, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3031.005/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3031.005/1 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 3031.005 as a fraction: