Step 1:
The first step to converting 422185.87981146 to a fraction is to re-write 422185.87981146 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 422185.87981146 can be written as simply 422185.87981146/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 422185.87981146, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 422185.87981146/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 422185.87981146/1 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 422185.87981146 as a fraction:
422186/1 / 1