Step 1:
The first step to converting 420596.3200647 to a fraction is to re-write 420596.3200647 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 420596.3200647 can be written as simply 420596.3200647/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 420596.3200647, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420596.3200647/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420596.3200647/1 each by 10000000:
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 420596.3200647 as a fraction:
420596/1 / 1