Step 1:
The first step to converting 11443.978737977 to a fraction is to re-write 11443.978737977 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 11443.978737977 can be written as simply 11443.978737977/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 11443.978737977, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 11443.978737977/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 11443.978737977/1 each by 1000000000:
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 11443.978737977 as a fraction:
537867/47 / 1