Question: What is -111.16257812499 as a fraction?

Step 1:

The first step to converting -111.16257812499 to a fraction is to re-write -111.16257812499 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, -111.16257812499 can be written as simply -111.16257812499/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in -111.16257812499, which in this case is 11. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of -111.16257812499/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of -111.16257812499/1 each by 100000000000:

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 -111.16257812499 as a fraction: