Step 1:
The first step to converting 117914.149785 to a fraction is to re-write 117914.149785 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 117914.149785 can be written as simply 117914.149785/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 117914.149785, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 117914.149785/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 117914.149785/1 each by 1000000:
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 117914.149785 as a fraction:
707485/6 / 1