Step 1:
The first step to converting 57357638.84442 to a fraction is to re-write 57357638.84442 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 57357638.84442 can be written as simply 57357638.84442/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 57357638.84442, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 57357638.84442/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 57357638.84442/1 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 57357638.84442 as a fraction:
57357638/1 / 1