Step 1:
The first step to converting 318085.4322484 to a fraction is to re-write 318085.4322484 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 318085.4322484 can be written as simply 318085.4322484/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 318085.4322484, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 318085.4322484/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 318085.4322484/1 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 318085.4322484 as a fraction:
636171/2 / 1