Step 1:
The first step to converting 27355820.212742 to a fraction is to re-write 27355820.212742 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 27355820.212742 can be written as simply 27355820.212742/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 27355820.212742, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27355820.212742/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 27355820.212742/1 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 27355820.212742 as a fraction:
27355820/1 / 1