diff --git a/libguile/numbers.c b/libguile/numbers.c
index 30a826f13..ae2aa7766 100644
--- a/libguile/numbers.c
+++ b/libguile/numbers.c
@@ -4559,6 +4559,7 @@ scm_is_less_than (SCM x, SCM y)
 	return SCM_REAL_VALUE (x) < SCM_REAL_VALUE (y);
       if (!SCM_FRACTIONP (y))
         abort ();
+      /* REALP x FRACTIONP y, see symmetric case below  */
       if (isnan (SCM_REAL_VALUE (x)))
         return 0;
       if (isinf (SCM_REAL_VALUE (x)))
@@ -4569,9 +4570,19 @@ scm_is_less_than (SCM x, SCM y)
   if (!SCM_FRACTIONP (x))
     abort ();
 
-  /* "a/b < " becomes "a < y*b" */
-  return scm_is_less_than (SCM_FRACTION_NUMERATOR (x),
-                           scm_product (y, SCM_FRACTION_DENOMINATOR (x)));
+  if (SCM_REALP (y))
+    {
+      /* FRACTIONP x REALP y, see symmetric case above */
+      if (isnan (SCM_REAL_VALUE (y)))
+        return 0;
+      if (isinf (SCM_REAL_VALUE (y)))
+        return 0.0 < SCM_REAL_VALUE (y);
+      return scm_is_less_than (x, scm_inexact_to_exact (y));
+    }
+  else
+    /* "a/b < y" becomes "a < y*b" */
+    return scm_is_less_than (SCM_FRACTION_NUMERATOR (x),
+                             scm_product (y, SCM_FRACTION_DENOMINATOR (x)));
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/test-suite/tests/numbers.test b/test-suite/tests/numbers.test
index 0b80c0356..a5e993135 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/numbers.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/numbers.test
@@ -266,6 +266,33 @@
     (pass-if (not (exact? -inf.0)))
     (pass-if (not (exact? +nan.0)))))
 
+;;;
+;;; <
+;;;
+
+(with-test-prefix "bug #69725 for (< fraction float)"
+
+  (let ((diff 879797032764096269186597679847100265884832692381817056132294700511440987615745549195576394246327599597660137250885282118923685378363495296576250891618672897887455888641129758660040580125471657527501887655846743402333407472717488972378318312674085710204045036645651022493812366478520603176717119923372376049351273979050815421434638458049196631010462508376132028146644267658632127872001/722822868417972349291869843452690786425750906620439512189327802121058061301404726887882493296646015935903482610570303382076049858386583955490031061870416075735232078523284307346352926571709615036536557063178291059619363366958123014280624087029240670600236519573317406921775499062373875623452948086789385672089163532498692518546438923870180903091519351584154949372291968970659168272384))
+    ;; ^ 1.217168231948292
+
+    (pass-if "< fraction float (1)"
+      (not (< diff 1.0)))
+    (pass-if "< fraction float (2)"
+      (< diff 2.0))
+    (pass-if "< fraction float (3)"
+      (< diff +inf.0))
+    (pass-if "< fraction float (4)"
+      (not (< diff -inf.0)))
+    
+    (pass-if "< float fraction (1)"
+      (< 1.0 diff))
+    (pass-if "< float fraction (2)"
+      (not (< 2.0 diff)))
+    (pass-if "< float fraction (3)"
+      (not (< +inf.0 diff)))
+    (pass-if "< float fraction (4)"
+      (< -inf.0 diff))))
+
 ;;;
 ;;; exp
 ;;;