Step 1:
The first step to converting 87953.878379943 to a fraction is to re-write 87953.878379943 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 87953.878379943 can be written as simply 87953.878379943/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 87953.878379943, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 87953.878379943/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 87953.878379943/1 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 87953.878379943 as a fraction:
703631/8 / 1