Step 1:
The first step to converting 579.025 to a fraction is to re-write 579.025 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 579.025 can be written as simply 579.025/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 579.025, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 579.025/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 579.025/1 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 579.025 as a fraction:
23161/40 / 1