Step 1:
The first step to converting 64840.9979 to a fraction is to re-write 64840.9979 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 64840.9979 can be written as simply 64840.9979/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 64840.9979, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 64840.9979/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 64840.9979/1 each by 10000:
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 64840.9979 as a fraction:
64841/1 / 1