Step 1:
The first step to converting 490894.57027371 to a fraction is to re-write 490894.57027371 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 490894.57027371 can be written as simply 490894.57027371/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 490894.57027371, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 490894.57027371/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 490894.57027371/1 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 490894.57027371 as a fraction:
490895/1 / 1