Step 1:
The first step to converting 398256.88376583 to a fraction is to re-write 398256.88376583 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 398256.88376583 can be written as simply 398256.88376583/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 398256.88376583, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 398256.88376583/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 398256.88376583/1 each by 100000000:
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 398256.88376583 as a fraction:
398257/1 / 1