Step 1:
The first step to converting 255342 to a fraction is to re-write 255342 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 255342 can be written as simply 255342/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 255342, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 255342/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 255342/1 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 255342 as a fraction:
255342/1 / 1