Step 1:
The first step to converting 248509185.00246 to a fraction is to re-write 248509185.00246 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 248509185.00246 can be written as simply 248509185.00246/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 248509185.00246, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 248509185.00246/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 248509185.00246/1 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 248509185.00246 as a fraction:
248509185/1 / 1