Step 1:
The first step to converting 240812650.81589 to a fraction is to re-write 240812650.81589 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 240812650.81589 can be written as simply 240812650.81589/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 240812650.81589, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 240812650.81589/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 240812650.81589/1 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 240812650.81589 as a fraction:
240812650/1 / 1