Step 1:
The first step to converting 64285.256211771 to a fraction is to re-write 64285.256211771 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 64285.256211771 can be written as simply 64285.256211771/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 64285.256211771, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 64285.256211771/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 64285.256211771/1 each by 1000000000:
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 64285.256211771 as a fraction:
257141/4 / 1