Step 1:
The first step to converting 5041.971 to a fraction is to re-write 5041.971 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 5041.971 can be written as simply 5041.971/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 5041.971, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 5041.971/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 5041.971/1 each by 1000:
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 5041.971 as a fraction:
171427/34 / 1