Step 1:
The first step to converting 256239.4176053 to a fraction is to re-write 256239.4176053 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 256239.4176053 can be written as simply 256239.4176053/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 256239.4176053, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 256239.4176053/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 256239.4176053/1 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 256239.4176053 as a fraction:
512479/2 / 1