Step 1:
The first step to converting 156342.00185826 to a fraction is to re-write 156342.00185826 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 156342.00185826 can be written as simply 156342.00185826/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 156342.00185826, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 156342.00185826/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 156342.00185826/1 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 156342.00185826 as a fraction:
156342/1 / 1