Step 1:
The first step to converting 232399715.11787 to a fraction is to re-write 232399715.11787 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 232399715.11787 can be written as simply 232399715.11787/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 232399715.11787, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 232399715.11787/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 232399715.11787/1 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 232399715.11787 as a fraction:
232399715/1 / 1