Step 1:
The first step to converting 257404 to a fraction is to re-write 257404 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 257404 can be written as simply 257404/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 257404, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257404/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257404/1 each by 1:
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 257404 as a fraction:
257404/1 / 1