Step 1:
The first step to converting 1427971.978133 to a fraction is to re-write 1427971.978133 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 1427971.978133 can be written as simply 1427971.978133/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 1427971.978133, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1427971.978133/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1427971.978133/1 each by 1000000:
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 1427971.978133 as a fraction:
1427971/1 / 1