Step 1:
The first step to converting 27238 to a fraction is to re-write 27238 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 27238 can be written as simply 27238/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 27238, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27238/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27238/1 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 27238 as a fraction:
27238/1 / 1