Question: What is 146874.82197121 as a fraction?

Step 1:

The first step to converting 146874.82197121 to a fraction is to re-write 146874.82197121 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 146874.82197121 can be written as simply 146874.82197121/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 146874.82197121, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 146874.82197121/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 146874.82197121/1 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 146874.82197121 as a fraction: