Step 1:
The first step to converting 218579.85744619 to a fraction is to re-write 218579.85744619 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 218579.85744619 can be written as simply 218579.85744619/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 218579.85744619, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 218579.85744619/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 218579.85744619/1 each by 100000000:
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 218579.85744619 as a fraction:
218580/1 / 1