Step 1:
The first step to converting 217880.22316522 to a fraction is to re-write 217880.22316522 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 217880.22316522 can be written as simply 217880.22316522/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 217880.22316522, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217880.22316522/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217880.22316522/1 each by 100000000:
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 217880.22316522 as a fraction:
871521/4 / 1