Step 1:
The first step to converting 989850.973178 to a fraction is to re-write 989850.973178 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 989850.973178 can be written as simply 989850.973178/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 989850.973178, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 989850.973178/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 989850.973178/1 each by 1000000:
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 989850.973178 as a fraction:
989850/1 / 1