Step 1:
The first step to converting 597198.74345 to a fraction is to re-write 597198.74345 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 597198.74345 can be written as simply 597198.74345/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 597198.74345, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 597198.74345/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 597198.74345/1 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 597198.74345 as a fraction:
597199/1 / 1