Step 1:
The first step to converting 400884.42886368 to a fraction is to re-write 400884.42886368 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 400884.42886368 can be written as simply 400884.42886368/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 400884.42886368, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 400884.42886368/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 400884.42886368/1 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 400884.42886368 as a fraction:
801769/2 / 1