Step 1:
The first step to converting 163496.27707555 to a fraction is to re-write 163496.27707555 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 163496.27707555 can be written as simply 163496.27707555/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 163496.27707555, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163496.27707555/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 163496.27707555/1 each by 100000000:
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 163496.27707555 as a fraction:
490489/3 / 1