Step 1:
The first step to converting 217923888.72588 to a fraction is to re-write 217923888.72588 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 217923888.72588 can be written as simply 217923888.72588/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 217923888.72588, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217923888.72588/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217923888.72588/1 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 217923888.72588 as a fraction:
217923888/1 / 1