Step 1:
The first step to converting 512639.147458 to a fraction is to re-write 512639.147458 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 512639.147458 can be written as simply 512639.147458/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 512639.147458, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 512639.147458/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 512639.147458/1 each by 1000000:
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 512639.147458 as a fraction:
512639/1 / 1