Step 1:
The first step to converting 117963.78187537 to a fraction is to re-write 117963.78187537 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 117963.78187537 can be written as simply 117963.78187537/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 117963.78187537, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 117963.78187537/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 117963.78187537/1 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 117963.78187537 as a fraction:
471855/4 / 1