Step 1:
The first step to converting 257989861.18541 to a fraction is to re-write 257989861.18541 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 257989861.18541 can be written as simply 257989861.18541/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 257989861.18541, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257989861.18541/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257989861.18541/1 each by 100000:
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 257989861.18541 as a fraction:
257989861/1 / 1