Step 1:
The first step to converting 27031.212243431 to a fraction is to re-write 27031.212243431 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 27031.212243431 can be written as simply 27031.212243431/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 27031.212243431, which in this case is 9. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27031.212243431/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27031.212243431/1 each by 1000000000:
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 27031.212243431 as a fraction:
135156/5 / 1