Step 1:
The first step to converting 16358 to a fraction is to re-write 16358 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 16358 can be written as simply 16358/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 16358, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16358/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16358/1 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 16358 as a fraction:
16358/1 / 1