Step 1:
The first step to converting 128500.5496883 to a fraction is to re-write 128500.5496883 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 128500.5496883 can be written as simply 128500.5496883/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 128500.5496883, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 128500.5496883/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 128500.5496883/1 each by 10000000:
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 128500.5496883 as a fraction:
257001/2 / 1