Step 1:
The first step to converting 186388.985958 to a fraction is to re-write 186388.985958 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 186388.985958 can be written as simply 186388.985958/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 186388.985958, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 186388.985958/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 186388.985958/1 each by 1000000:
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 186388.985958 as a fraction:
186389/1 / 1