Step 1:
The first step to converting 111978.34216871 to a fraction is to re-write 111978.34216871 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 111978.34216871 can be written as simply 111978.34216871/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 111978.34216871, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 111978.34216871/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 111978.34216871/1 each by 100000000:
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 111978.34216871 as a fraction:
335935/3 / 1