Step 1:
The first step to converting 223948.44429501 to a fraction is to re-write 223948.44429501 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 223948.44429501 can be written as simply 223948.44429501/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 223948.44429501, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 223948.44429501/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 223948.44429501/1 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 223948.44429501 as a fraction:
447897/2 / 1