Question: What is 89.878198001238 as a fraction?

Step 1:

The first step to converting 89.878198001238 to a fraction is to re-write 89.878198001238 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 89.878198001238 can be written as simply 89.878198001238/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 89.878198001238, which in this case is 12. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 89.878198001238/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 89.878198001238/1 each by 1000000000000:

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 89.878198001238 as a fraction: