Step 1:
The first step to converting 501011.87537058 to a fraction is to re-write 501011.87537058 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 501011.87537058 can be written as simply 501011.87537058/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 501011.87537058, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 501011.87537058/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 501011.87537058/1 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 501011.87537058 as a fraction:
501012/1 / 1