Step 1:
The first step to converting 659.0315 to a fraction is to re-write 659.0315 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 659.0315 can be written as simply 659.0315/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 659.0315, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 659.0315/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 659.0315/1 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 659.0315 as a fraction:
21089/32 / 1