Step 1:
The first step to converting 155858.94462 to a fraction is to re-write 155858.94462 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 155858.94462 can be written as simply 155858.94462/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 155858.94462, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 155858.94462/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 155858.94462/1 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 155858.94462 as a fraction:
155859/1 / 1