Step 1:
The first step to converting 163256698.98374 to a fraction is to re-write 163256698.98374 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 163256698.98374 can be written as simply 163256698.98374/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 163256698.98374, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163256698.98374/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163256698.98374/1 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 163256698.98374 as a fraction:
163256698/1 / 1