Step 1:
The first step to converting 42024833.21356 to a fraction is to re-write 42024833.21356 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 42024833.21356 can be written as simply 42024833.21356/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 42024833.21356, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42024833.21356/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42024833.21356/1 each by 100000:
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 42024833.21356 as a fraction:
42024833/1 / 1