Step 1:
The first step to converting 7831.395 to a fraction is to re-write 7831.395 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 7831.395 can be written as simply 7831.395/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 7831.395, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7831.395/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7831.395/1 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 7831.395 as a fraction:
39157/5 / 1