Step 1:
The first step to converting 42398.205 to a fraction is to re-write 42398.205 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 42398.205 can be written as simply 42398.205/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 42398.205, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42398.205/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42398.205/1 each by 1000:
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 42398.205 as a fraction:
211991/5 / 1