Step 1:
The first step to converting 422346 to a fraction is to re-write 422346 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 422346 can be written as simply 422346/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 422346, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 422346/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 422346/1 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 422346 as a fraction:
422346/1 / 1