Step 1:
The first step to converting 98587 to a fraction is to re-write 98587 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 98587 can be written as simply 98587/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 98587, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 98587/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 98587/1 each by 1:
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 98587 as a fraction:
98587/1 / 1