Step 1:
The first step to converting 422520 to a fraction is to re-write 422520 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 422520 can be written as simply 422520/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 422520, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 422520/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 422520/1 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 422520 as a fraction:
422520/1 / 1