Step 1:
The first step to converting 217515 to a fraction is to re-write 217515 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 217515 can be written as simply 217515/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 217515, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217515/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217515/1 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 217515 as a fraction:
217515/1 / 1