Step 1:
The first step to converting 24696357.378412 to a fraction is to re-write 24696357.378412 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 24696357.378412 can be written as simply 24696357.378412/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 24696357.378412, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24696357.378412/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 24696357.378412/1 each by 1000000:
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 24696357.378412 as a fraction:
24696357/1 / 1