Step 1:
The first step to converting 3525.978 to a fraction is to re-write 3525.978 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 3525.978 can be written as simply 3525.978/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 3525.978, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3525.978/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3525.978/1 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 3525.978 as a fraction:
158669/45 / 1