Step 1:
The first step to converting 18349.455 to a fraction is to re-write 18349.455 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 18349.455 can be written as simply 18349.455/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 18349.455, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 18349.455/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 18349.455/1 each by 1000:
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 18349.455 as a fraction:
201844/11 / 1