Step 1:
The first step to converting 127231230.26872 to a fraction is to re-write 127231230.26872 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 127231230.26872 can be written as simply 127231230.26872/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 127231230.26872, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 127231230.26872/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 127231230.26872/1 each by 100000:
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 127231230.26872 as a fraction:
127231230/1 / 1