Step 1:
The first step to converting 0.013157863616941 to a fraction is to re-write 0.013157863616941 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 0.013157863616941 can be written as simply 0.013157863616941/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 0.013157863616941, which in this case is 15. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 0.013157863616941/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 0.013157863616941/1 each by 1000000000000000:
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 0.013157863616941 as a fraction:
5563/422789 / 1