Step 1:
The first step to converting 256593385.83912 to a fraction is to re-write 256593385.83912 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 256593385.83912 can be written as simply 256593385.83912/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 256593385.83912, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 256593385.83912/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 256593385.83912/1 each by 100000:
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 256593385.83912 as a fraction:
256593385/1 / 1