Step 1:
The first step to converting 252149137.88415 to a fraction is to re-write 252149137.88415 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 252149137.88415 can be written as simply 252149137.88415/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 252149137.88415, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 252149137.88415/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 252149137.88415/1 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 252149137.88415 as a fraction:
252149137/1 / 1