Step 1:
The first step to converting 56247.85625 to a fraction is to re-write 56247.85625 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 56247.85625 can be written as simply 56247.85625/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 56247.85625, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 56247.85625/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 56247.85625/1 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 56247.85625 as a fraction:
337487/6 / 1