Step 1:
The first step to converting 255448.432142 to a fraction is to re-write 255448.432142 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 255448.432142 can be written as simply 255448.432142/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 255448.432142, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 255448.432142/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 255448.432142/1 each by 1000000:
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 255448.432142 as a fraction:
510897/2 / 1