Step 1:
The first step to converting 128993273.8357 to a fraction is to re-write 128993273.8357 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 128993273.8357 can be written as simply 128993273.8357/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 128993273.8357, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 128993273.8357/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 128993273.8357/1 each by 10000:
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 128993273.8357 as a fraction:
128993273/1 / 1