Step 1:
The first step to converting 232445850.71443 to a fraction is to re-write 232445850.71443 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 232445850.71443 can be written as simply 232445850.71443/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 232445850.71443, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 232445850.71443/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 232445850.71443/1 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 232445850.71443 as a fraction:
232445850/1 / 1