Step 1:
The first step to converting 4862288.244848 to a fraction is to re-write 4862288.244848 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 4862288.244848 can be written as simply 4862288.244848/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 4862288.244848, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4862288.244848/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4862288.244848/1 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 4862288.244848 as a fraction:
4862288/1 / 1