Step 1:
The first step to converting 236401368.05031 to a fraction is to re-write 236401368.05031 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 236401368.05031 can be written as simply 236401368.05031/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 236401368.05031, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 236401368.05031/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 236401368.05031/1 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 236401368.05031 as a fraction:
236401368/1 / 1