Step 1:
The first step to converting 157505832.62358 to a fraction is to re-write 157505832.62358 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 157505832.62358 can be written as simply 157505832.62358/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 157505832.62358, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 157505832.62358/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 157505832.62358/1 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 157505832.62358 as a fraction:
157505832/1 / 1