Step 1:
The first step to converting 197988.949567 to a fraction is to re-write 197988.949567 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 197988.949567 can be written as simply 197988.949567/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 197988.949567, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 197988.949567/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 197988.949567/1 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 197988.949567 as a fraction:
197989/1 / 1