Step 1:
The first step to converting 27217784.840272 to a fraction is to re-write 27217784.840272 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 27217784.840272 can be written as simply 27217784.840272/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 27217784.840272, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27217784.840272/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27217784.840272/1 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 27217784.840272 as a fraction:
27217784/1 / 1