Step 1:
The first step to converting 36425.42456 to a fraction is to re-write 36425.42456 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 36425.42456 can be written as simply 36425.42456/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 36425.42456, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 36425.42456/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 36425.42456/1 each by 100000:
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 36425.42456 as a fraction:
182127/5 / 1