Step 1:
The first step to converting 386978837.0898 to a fraction is to re-write 386978837.0898 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 386978837.0898 can be written as simply 386978837.0898/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 386978837.0898, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 386978837.0898/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 386978837.0898/1 each by 10000:
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 386978837.0898 as a fraction:
386978837/1 / 1