Step 1:
The first step to converting 420647.70843156 to a fraction is to re-write 420647.70843156 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 420647.70843156 can be written as simply 420647.70843156/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 420647.70843156, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420647.70843156/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420647.70843156/1 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 420647.70843156 as a fraction:
420648/1 / 1