Step 1:
The first step to converting 74256.046436481 to a fraction is to re-write 74256.046436481 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 74256.046436481 can be written as simply 74256.046436481/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 74256.046436481, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 74256.046436481/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 74256.046436481/1 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 74256.046436481 as a fraction:
74256/1 / 1