Step 1:
The first step to converting 4978984498.8211 to a fraction is to re-write 4978984498.8211 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 4978984498.8211 can be written as simply 4978984498.8211/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 4978984498.8211, which in this case is 4. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4978984498.8211/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 4978984498.8211/1 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 4978984498.8211 as a fraction:
4978984498/1 / 1