Step 1:
The first step to converting 218848.1601 to a fraction is to re-write 218848.1601 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 218848.1601 can be written as simply 218848.1601/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 218848.1601, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 218848.1601/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 218848.1601/1 each by 10000:
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 218848.1601 as a fraction:
218848/1 / 1