Step 1:
The first step to converting 243477 to a fraction is to re-write 243477 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 243477 can be written as simply 243477/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 243477, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 243477/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 243477/1 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 243477 as a fraction:
243477/1 / 1