Step 1:
The first step to converting 257487.7417221 to a fraction is to re-write 257487.7417221 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 257487.7417221 can be written as simply 257487.7417221/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 257487.7417221, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257487.7417221/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257487.7417221/1 each by 10000000:
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 257487.7417221 as a fraction:
772463/3 / 1