Step 1:
The first step to converting 217968.21984436 to a fraction is to re-write 217968.21984436 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 217968.21984436 can be written as simply 217968.21984436/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 217968.21984436, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217968.21984436/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 217968.21984436/1 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 217968.21984436 as a fraction:
871873/4 / 1