Step 1:
The first step to converting 168256 to a fraction is to re-write 168256 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 168256 can be written as simply 168256/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 168256, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 168256/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 168256/1 each by 1:
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 168256 as a fraction:
168256/1 / 1