Step 1:
The first step to converting 257436 to a fraction is to re-write 257436 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 257436 can be written as simply 257436/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 257436, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257436/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257436/1 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 257436 as a fraction:
257436/1 / 1