Step 1:
The first step to converting 55756.8 to a fraction is to re-write 55756.8 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 55756.8 can be written as simply 55756.8/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 55756.8, which in this case is 1. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 55756.8/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 55756.8/1 each by 10:
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 55756.8 as a fraction:
278784/5 / 1