Step 1:
The first step to converting 420948 to a fraction is to re-write 420948 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 420948 can be written as simply 420948/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 420948, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420948/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 420948/1 each by 1:
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 420948 as a fraction:
420948/1 / 1