Step 1:
The first step to converting 3527.138 to a fraction is to re-write 3527.138 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 3527.138 can be written as simply 3527.138/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 3527.138, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3527.138/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 3527.138/1 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 3527.138 as a fraction:
102287/29 / 1