Step 1:
The first step to converting 8464.555 to a fraction is to re-write 8464.555 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 8464.555 can be written as simply 8464.555/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 8464.555, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8464.555/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 8464.555/1 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 8464.555 as a fraction:
76181/9 / 1