Step 1:
The first step to converting 265495.8472876 to a fraction is to re-write 265495.8472876 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 265495.8472876 can be written as simply 265495.8472876/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 265495.8472876, which in this case is 7. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 265495.8472876/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 265495.8472876/1 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 265495.8472876 as a fraction:
265496/1 / 1