Step 1:
The first step to converting 398709 to a fraction is to re-write 398709 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 398709 can be written as simply 398709/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 398709, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 398709/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 398709/1 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 398709 as a fraction:
398709/1 / 1