Step 1:
The first step to converting 55490.94449493 to a fraction is to re-write 55490.94449493 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 55490.94449493 can be written as simply 55490.94449493/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 55490.94449493, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 55490.94449493/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 55490.94449493/1 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 55490.94449493 as a fraction:
998837/18 / 1