Step 1:
The first step to converting 515971790.26516 to a fraction is to re-write 515971790.26516 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 515971790.26516 can be written as simply 515971790.26516/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 515971790.26516, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 515971790.26516/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 515971790.26516/1 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 515971790.26516 as a fraction:
515971790/1 / 1