Step 1:
The first step to converting 279615.90656295 to a fraction is to re-write 279615.90656295 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 279615.90656295 can be written as simply 279615.90656295/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 279615.90656295, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 279615.90656295/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 279615.90656295/1 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 279615.90656295 as a fraction:
279616/1 / 1