Step 1:
The first step to converting 492256.2196 to a fraction is to re-write 492256.2196 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 492256.2196 can be written as simply 492256.2196/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 492256.2196, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 492256.2196/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 492256.2196/1 each by 10000:
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 492256.2196 as a fraction:
492256/1 / 1