Step 1:
The first step to converting 431045.5224 to a fraction is to re-write 431045.5224 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 431045.5224 can be written as simply 431045.5224/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 431045.5224, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 431045.5224/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 431045.5224/1 each by 10000:
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 431045.5224 as a fraction:
862091/2 / 1