Step 1:
The first step to converting 32836.42988281 to a fraction is to re-write 32836.42988281 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 32836.42988281 can be written as simply 32836.42988281/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 32836.42988281, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 32836.42988281/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 32836.42988281/1 each by 100000000:
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 32836.42988281 as a fraction:
229855/7 / 1