Step 1:
The first step to converting 49696 to a fraction is to re-write 49696 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 49696 can be written as simply 49696/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 49696, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 49696/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 49696/1 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 49696 as a fraction:
49696/1 / 1