Step 1:
The first step to converting 494578796.81824 to a fraction is to re-write 494578796.81824 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 494578796.81824 can be written as simply 494578796.81824/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 494578796.81824, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 494578796.81824/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 494578796.81824/1 each by 100000:
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 494578796.81824 as a fraction:
494578796/1 / 1