Step 1:
The first step to converting 255474 to a fraction is to re-write 255474 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 255474 can be written as simply 255474/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 255474, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 255474/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 255474/1 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 255474 as a fraction:
255474/1 / 1