Step 1:
The first step to converting 7984.038 to a fraction is to re-write 7984.038 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 7984.038 can be written as simply 7984.038/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 7984.038, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7984.038/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 7984.038/1 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 7984.038 as a fraction:
207585/26 / 1