Step 1:
The first step to converting 428245.44076 to a fraction is to re-write 428245.44076 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 428245.44076 can be written as simply 428245.44076/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 428245.44076, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 428245.44076/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 428245.44076/1 each by 100000:
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 428245.44076 as a fraction:
856491/2 / 1