Step 1:
The first step to converting 257255.24399388 to a fraction is to re-write 257255.24399388 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 257255.24399388 can be written as simply 257255.24399388/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 257255.24399388, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257255.24399388/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257255.24399388/1 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 257255.24399388 as a fraction:
257255/1 / 1