Step 1:
The first step to converting 243345.5241 to a fraction is to re-write 243345.5241 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 243345.5241 can be written as simply 243345.5241/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 243345.5241, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 243345.5241/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 243345.5241/1 each by 10000:
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 243345.5241 as a fraction:
486691/2 / 1