Step 1:
The first step to converting 56048251.606987 to a fraction is to re-write 56048251.606987 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 56048251.606987 can be written as simply 56048251.606987/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 56048251.606987, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 56048251.606987/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 56048251.606987/1 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 56048251.606987 as a fraction:
56048251/1 / 1