Step 1:
The first step to converting 260372.66879262 to a fraction is to re-write 260372.66879262 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 260372.66879262 can be written as simply 260372.66879262/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 260372.66879262, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 260372.66879262/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 260372.66879262/1 each by 100000000:
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 260372.66879262 as a fraction:
781118/3 / 1