Step 1:
The first step to converting 27209376.290978 to a fraction is to re-write 27209376.290978 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 27209376.290978 can be written as simply 27209376.290978/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 27209376.290978, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27209376.290978/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27209376.290978/1 each by 1000000:
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 27209376.290978 as a fraction:
27209376/1 / 1