Step 1:
The first step to converting 10236400.973264 to a fraction is to re-write 10236400.973264 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 10236400.973264 can be written as simply 10236400.973264/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 10236400.973264, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 10236400.973264/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 10236400.973264/1 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 10236400.973264 as a fraction:
10236400/1 / 1