Step 1:
The first step to converting 494450.85816436 to a fraction is to re-write 494450.85816436 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 494450.85816436 can be written as simply 494450.85816436/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 494450.85816436, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 494450.85816436/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 494450.85816436/1 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 494450.85816436 as a fraction:
494451/1 / 1