Step 1:
The first step to converting 509431037.04356 to a fraction is to re-write 509431037.04356 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 509431037.04356 can be written as simply 509431037.04356/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 509431037.04356, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 509431037.04356/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 509431037.04356/1 each by 100000:
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 509431037.04356 as a fraction:
509431037/1 / 1