Step 1:
The first step to converting 21918.242368437 to a fraction is to re-write 21918.242368437 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 21918.242368437 can be written as simply 21918.242368437/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 21918.242368437, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 21918.242368437/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 21918.242368437/1 each by 1000000000:
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 21918.242368437 as a fraction:
87673/4 / 1