Step 1:
The first step to converting 241544634.85438 to a fraction is to re-write 241544634.85438 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 241544634.85438 can be written as simply 241544634.85438/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 241544634.85438, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 241544634.85438/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 241544634.85438/1 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 241544634.85438 as a fraction:
241544634/1 / 1