Step 1:
The first step to converting 255865.2822452 to a fraction is to re-write 255865.2822452 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 255865.2822452 can be written as simply 255865.2822452/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 255865.2822452, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 255865.2822452/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 255865.2822452/1 each by 10000000:
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 255865.2822452 as a fraction:
767596/3 / 1