Step 1:
The first step to converting 36362.045 to a fraction is to re-write 36362.045 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 36362.045 can be written as simply 36362.045/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 36362.045, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 36362.045/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 36362.045/1 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 36362.045 as a fraction:
799965/22 / 1