Step 1:
The first step to converting 8000.738 to a fraction is to re-write 8000.738 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 8000.738 can be written as simply 8000.738/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 8000.738, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8000.738/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8000.738/1 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 8000.738 as a fraction:
152014/19 / 1