Question: What is 147863.33178624 as a fraction?

Step 1:

The first step to converting 147863.33178624 to a fraction is to re-write 147863.33178624 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 147863.33178624 can be written as simply 147863.33178624/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 147863.33178624, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 147863.33178624/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 147863.33178624/1 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 147863.33178624 as a fraction: