Step 1:
The first step to converting 16511390966.422 to a fraction is to re-write 16511390966.422 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 16511390966.422 can be written as simply 16511390966.422/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 16511390966.422, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16511390966.422/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 16511390966.422/1 each by 1000:
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 16511390966.422 as a fraction:
16511390966/1 / 1