Step 1:
The first step to converting 506243.50176108 to a fraction is to re-write 506243.50176108 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 506243.50176108 can be written as simply 506243.50176108/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 506243.50176108, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 506243.50176108/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 506243.50176108/1 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 506243.50176108 as a fraction:
506243/1 / 1