Step 1:
The first step to converting 4977.940456899 to a fraction is to re-write 4977.940456899 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 4977.940456899 can be written as simply 4977.940456899/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 4977.940456899, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4977.940456899/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4977.940456899/1 each by 1000000000:
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 4977.940456899 as a fraction:
79647/16 / 1