Step 1:
The first step to converting 198852887.38314 to a fraction is to re-write 198852887.38314 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 198852887.38314 can be written as simply 198852887.38314/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 198852887.38314, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 198852887.38314/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 198852887.38314/1 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 198852887.38314 as a fraction:
198852887/1 / 1