Step 1:
The first step to converting 218242.9887501 to a fraction is to re-write 218242.9887501 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 218242.9887501 can be written as simply 218242.9887501/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 218242.9887501, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 218242.9887501/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 218242.9887501/1 each by 10000000:
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 218242.9887501 as a fraction:
218243/1 / 1