Step 1:
The first step to converting 163442894.71034 to a fraction is to re-write 163442894.71034 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 163442894.71034 can be written as simply 163442894.71034/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 163442894.71034, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163442894.71034/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163442894.71034/1 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 163442894.71034 as a fraction:
163442894/1 / 1