Step 1:
The first step to converting 240426.7188435 to a fraction is to re-write 240426.7188435 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 240426.7188435 can be written as simply 240426.7188435/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 240426.7188435, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 240426.7188435/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 240426.7188435/1 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 240426.7188435 as a fraction:
721280/3 / 1