Step 1:
The first step to converting 386489 to a fraction is to re-write 386489 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 386489 can be written as simply 386489/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 386489, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 386489/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 386489/1 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 386489 as a fraction:
386489/1 / 1