Step 1:
The first step to converting 978149.5874471 to a fraction is to re-write 978149.5874471 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 978149.5874471 can be written as simply 978149.5874471/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 978149.5874471, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 978149.5874471/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 978149.5874471/1 each by 10000000:
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 978149.5874471 as a fraction:
978149/1 / 1