Step 1:
The first step to converting 13847.715 to a fraction is to re-write 13847.715 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 13847.715 can be written as simply 13847.715/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 13847.715, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 13847.715/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 13847.715/1 each by 1000:
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 13847.715 as a fraction:
96934/7 / 1