Step 1:
The first step to converting 246428.86143451 to a fraction is to re-write 246428.86143451 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 246428.86143451 can be written as simply 246428.86143451/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 246428.86143451, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 246428.86143451/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 246428.86143451/1 each by 100000000:
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 246428.86143451 as a fraction:
246429/1 / 1