Step 1:
The first step to converting 404487.2416996 to a fraction is to re-write 404487.2416996 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 404487.2416996 can be written as simply 404487.2416996/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 404487.2416996, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 404487.2416996/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 404487.2416996/1 each by 10000000:
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 404487.2416996 as a fraction:
404487/1 / 1