Step 1:
The first step to converting 35867.455 to a fraction is to re-write 35867.455 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 35867.455 can be written as simply 35867.455/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 35867.455, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 35867.455/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 35867.455/1 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 35867.455 as a fraction:
394542/11 / 1