Step 1:
The first step to converting 257994980.23206 to a fraction is to re-write 257994980.23206 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 257994980.23206 can be written as simply 257994980.23206/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 257994980.23206, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257994980.23206/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 257994980.23206/1 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 257994980.23206 as a fraction:
257994980/1 / 1