Step 1:
The first step to converting 404012.73932698 to a fraction is to re-write 404012.73932698 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 404012.73932698 can be written as simply 404012.73932698/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 404012.73932698, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 404012.73932698/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 404012.73932698/1 each by 100000000:
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 404012.73932698 as a fraction:
404013/1 / 1