Step 1:
The first step to converting 42613 to a fraction is to re-write 42613 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 42613 can be written as simply 42613/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 42613, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42613/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42613/1 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 42613 as a fraction:
42613/1 / 1