Step 1:
The first step to converting 217500 to a fraction is to re-write 217500 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 217500 can be written as simply 217500/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 217500, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217500/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217500/1 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 217500 as a fraction:
217500/1 / 1