Step 1:
The first step to converting 16033.216880493 to a fraction is to re-write 16033.216880493 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 16033.216880493 can be written as simply 16033.216880493/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 16033.216880493, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16033.216880493/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16033.216880493/1 each by 1000000000:
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 16033.216880493 as a fraction:
144299/9 / 1