Step 1:
The first step to converting 255048286.49678 to a fraction is to re-write 255048286.49678 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 255048286.49678 can be written as simply 255048286.49678/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 255048286.49678, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 255048286.49678/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 255048286.49678/1 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 255048286.49678 as a fraction:
255048286/1 / 1