Step 1:
The first step to converting 395.2817 to a fraction is to re-write 395.2817 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 395.2817 can be written as simply 395.2817/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 395.2817, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 395.2817/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 395.2817/1 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 395.2817 as a fraction:
15416/39 / 1