Step 1:
The first step to converting 64712.44978255 to a fraction is to re-write 64712.44978255 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 64712.44978255 can be written as simply 64712.44978255/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 64712.44978255, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 64712.44978255/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 64712.44978255/1 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 64712.44978255 as a fraction:
129425/2 / 1