Step 1:
The first step to converting 25542 to a fraction is to re-write 25542 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 25542 can be written as simply 25542/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 25542, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 25542/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 25542/1 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 25542 as a fraction:
25542/1 / 1