Step 1:
The first step to converting 512.47187480958 to a fraction is to re-write 512.47187480958 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 512.47187480958 can be written as simply 512.47187480958/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 512.47187480958, which in this case is 11. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 512.47187480958/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 512.47187480958/1 each by 100000000000:
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 512.47187480958 as a fraction:
18449/36 / 1