Step 1:
The first step to converting 420575716.02978 to a fraction is to re-write 420575716.02978 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 420575716.02978 can be written as simply 420575716.02978/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 420575716.02978, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420575716.02978/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420575716.02978/1 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 420575716.02978 as a fraction:
420575716/1 / 1