Step 1:
The first step to converting 163424 to a fraction is to re-write 163424 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 163424 can be written as simply 163424/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 163424, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163424/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163424/1 each by 1:
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 163424 as a fraction:
163424/1 / 1