Step 1:
The first step to converting 54638.22934 to a fraction is to re-write 54638.22934 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 54638.22934 can be written as simply 54638.22934/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 54638.22934, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 54638.22934/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 54638.22934/1 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 54638.22934 as a fraction:
218553/4 / 1