Step 1:
The first step to converting 163144.9979793 to a fraction is to re-write 163144.9979793 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 163144.9979793 can be written as simply 163144.9979793/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 163144.9979793, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163144.9979793/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163144.9979793/1 each by 10000000:
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 163144.9979793 as a fraction:
163145/1 / 1