Step 1:
The first step to converting 149156248.78726 to a fraction is to re-write 149156248.78726 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 149156248.78726 can be written as simply 149156248.78726/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 149156248.78726, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 149156248.78726/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 149156248.78726/1 each by 100000:
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 149156248.78726 as a fraction:
149156248/1 / 1