Step 1:
The first step to converting 7982.8455 to a fraction is to re-write 7982.8455 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 7982.8455 can be written as simply 7982.8455/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 7982.8455, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7982.8455/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7982.8455/1 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 7982.8455 as a fraction:
103777/13 / 1