Step 1:
The first step to converting 404651.4918642 to a fraction is to re-write 404651.4918642 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 404651.4918642 can be written as simply 404651.4918642/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 404651.4918642, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 404651.4918642/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 404651.4918642/1 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 404651.4918642 as a fraction:
809303/2 / 1