Step 1:
The first step to converting 224596.24322546 to a fraction is to re-write 224596.24322546 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 224596.24322546 can be written as simply 224596.24322546/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 224596.24322546, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 224596.24322546/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 224596.24322546/1 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 224596.24322546 as a fraction:
898385/4 / 1