Step 1:
The first step to converting 217924208.44602 to a fraction is to re-write 217924208.44602 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 217924208.44602 can be written as simply 217924208.44602/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 217924208.44602, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217924208.44602/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217924208.44602/1 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 217924208.44602 as a fraction:
217924208/1 / 1