Step 1:
The first step to converting 420600.04866282 to a fraction is to re-write 420600.04866282 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 420600.04866282 can be written as simply 420600.04866282/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 420600.04866282, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420600.04866282/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420600.04866282/1 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 420600.04866282 as a fraction:
420600/1 / 1