Step 1:
The first step to converting 12234.82043 to a fraction is to re-write 12234.82043 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 12234.82043 can be written as simply 12234.82043/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 12234.82043, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 12234.82043/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 12234.82043/1 each by 100000:
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 12234.82043 as a fraction:
134583/11 / 1