Step 1:
The first step to converting 420710.77377417 to a fraction is to re-write 420710.77377417 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 420710.77377417 can be written as simply 420710.77377417/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 420710.77377417, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420710.77377417/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420710.77377417/1 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 420710.77377417 as a fraction:
420711/1 / 1