Step 1:
The first step to converting 218901869.79798 to a fraction is to re-write 218901869.79798 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 218901869.79798 can be written as simply 218901869.79798/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 218901869.79798, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 218901869.79798/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 218901869.79798/1 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 218901869.79798 as a fraction:
218901869/1 / 1