Step 1:
The first step to converting 24474.2602778 to a fraction is to re-write 24474.2602778 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 24474.2602778 can be written as simply 24474.2602778/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 24474.2602778, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24474.2602778/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24474.2602778/1 each by 10000000:
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 24474.2602778 as a fraction:
97897/4 / 1