Step 1:
The first step to converting 5960.43838 to a fraction is to re-write 5960.43838 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 5960.43838 can be written as simply 5960.43838/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 5960.43838, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 5960.43838/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 5960.43838/1 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 5960.43838 as a fraction:
95367/16 / 1