Question: What is 978.69395873652 as a fraction?

Step 1:

The first step to converting 978.69395873652 to a fraction is to re-write 978.69395873652 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 978.69395873652 can be written as simply 978.69395873652/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 978.69395873652, which in this case is 11. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 978.69395873652/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 978.69395873652/1 each by 100000000000:

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 978.69395873652 as a fraction: