Step 1:
The first step to converting 163443177.60896 to a fraction is to re-write 163443177.60896 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 163443177.60896 can be written as simply 163443177.60896/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 163443177.60896, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163443177.60896/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163443177.60896/1 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 163443177.60896 as a fraction:
163443177/1 / 1