Step 1:
The first step to converting 478017 to a fraction is to re-write 478017 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 478017 can be written as simply 478017/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 478017, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 478017/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 478017/1 each by 1:
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 478017 as a fraction:
478017/1 / 1