Step 1:
The first step to converting 262563565.10241 to a fraction is to re-write 262563565.10241 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 262563565.10241 can be written as simply 262563565.10241/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 262563565.10241, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 262563565.10241/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 262563565.10241/1 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 262563565.10241 as a fraction:
262563565/1 / 1