Step 1:
The first step to converting 243545744.82085 to a fraction is to re-write 243545744.82085 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 243545744.82085 can be written as simply 243545744.82085/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 243545744.82085, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 243545744.82085/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 243545744.82085/1 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 243545744.82085 as a fraction:
243545744/1 / 1