Step 1:
The first step to converting 1487.0115 to a fraction is to re-write 1487.0115 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 1487.0115 can be written as simply 1487.0115/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 1487.0115, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1487.0115/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1487.0115/1 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 1487.0115 as a fraction:
127883/86 / 1