Step 1:
The first step to converting 178718295.87488 to a fraction is to re-write 178718295.87488 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 178718295.87488 can be written as simply 178718295.87488/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 178718295.87488, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 178718295.87488/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 178718295.87488/1 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 178718295.87488 as a fraction:
178718295/1 / 1