Step 1:
The first step to converting 5252.12878666 to a fraction is to re-write 5252.12878666 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 5252.12878666 can be written as simply 5252.12878666/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 5252.12878666, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 5252.12878666/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 5252.12878666/1 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 5252.12878666 as a fraction:
42017/8 / 1