Step 1:
The first step to converting 217389538.72464 to a fraction is to re-write 217389538.72464 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 217389538.72464 can be written as simply 217389538.72464/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 217389538.72464, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217389538.72464/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217389538.72464/1 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 217389538.72464 as a fraction:
217389538/1 / 1