Step 1:
The first step to converting 386482 to a fraction is to re-write 386482 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 386482 can be written as simply 386482/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 386482, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 386482/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 386482/1 each by 1:
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 386482 as a fraction:
386482/1 / 1