Step 1:
The first step to converting 229504.4360456 to a fraction is to re-write 229504.4360456 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 229504.4360456 can be written as simply 229504.4360456/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 229504.4360456, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 229504.4360456/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 229504.4360456/1 each by 10000000:
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 229504.4360456 as a fraction:
459009/2 / 1