Step 1:
The first step to converting 87252 to a fraction is to re-write 87252 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 87252 can be written as simply 87252/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 87252, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 87252/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 87252/1 each by 1:
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 87252 as a fraction:
87252/1 / 1