Step 1:
The first step to converting 234.6486 to a fraction is to re-write 234.6486 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 234.6486 can be written as simply 234.6486/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 234.6486, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 234.6486/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 234.6486/1 each by 10000:
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 234.6486 as a fraction:
8682/37 / 1