Step 1:
The first step to converting 178667.54125 to a fraction is to re-write 178667.54125 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 178667.54125 can be written as simply 178667.54125/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 178667.54125, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 178667.54125/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 178667.54125/1 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 178667.54125 as a fraction:
357335/2 / 1