Step 1:
The first step to converting 15998425.40512 to a fraction is to re-write 15998425.40512 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 15998425.40512 can be written as simply 15998425.40512/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 15998425.40512, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 15998425.40512/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 15998425.40512/1 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 15998425.40512 as a fraction:
15998425/1 / 1