Step 1:
The first step to converting 422640.29417256 to a fraction is to re-write 422640.29417256 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 422640.29417256 can be written as simply 422640.29417256/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 422640.29417256, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 422640.29417256/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 422640.29417256/1 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 422640.29417256 as a fraction:
422640/1 / 1