Step 1:
The first step to converting 8124.2846 to a fraction is to re-write 8124.2846 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 8124.2846 can be written as simply 8124.2846/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 8124.2846, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8124.2846/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8124.2846/1 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 8124.2846 as a fraction:
56870/7 / 1