Step 1:
The first step to converting 36978.990546895 to a fraction is to re-write 36978.990546895 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 36978.990546895 can be written as simply 36978.990546895/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 36978.990546895, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 36978.990546895/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 36978.990546895/1 each by 1000000000:
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 36978.990546895 as a fraction:
36979/1 / 1