Step 1:
The first step to converting 256720.69873114 to a fraction is to re-write 256720.69873114 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 256720.69873114 can be written as simply 256720.69873114/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 256720.69873114, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 256720.69873114/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 256720.69873114/1 each by 100000000:
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 256720.69873114 as a fraction:
770162/3 / 1