Step 1:
The first step to converting 24044045.738424 to a fraction is to re-write 24044045.738424 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 24044045.738424 can be written as simply 24044045.738424/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 24044045.738424, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24044045.738424/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24044045.738424/1 each by 1000000:
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 24044045.738424 as a fraction:
24044045/1 / 1