Step 1:
The first step to converting 290596.58894 to a fraction is to re-write 290596.58894 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 290596.58894 can be written as simply 290596.58894/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 290596.58894, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 290596.58894/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 290596.58894/1 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 290596.58894 as a fraction:
581193/2 / 1