Step 1:
The first step to converting 24544049.66456 to a fraction is to re-write 24544049.66456 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 24544049.66456 can be written as simply 24544049.66456/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 24544049.66456, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24544049.66456/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24544049.66456/1 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 24544049.66456 as a fraction:
24544049/1 / 1