Step 1:
The first step to converting 229318864.71713 to a fraction is to re-write 229318864.71713 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 229318864.71713 can be written as simply 229318864.71713/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 229318864.71713, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 229318864.71713/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 229318864.71713/1 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 229318864.71713 as a fraction:
229318864/1 / 1