Step 1:
The first step to converting 218316 to a fraction is to re-write 218316 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 218316 can be written as simply 218316/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 218316, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 218316/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 218316/1 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 218316 as a fraction:
218316/1 / 1