Step 1:
The first step to converting 279248247.20897 to a fraction is to re-write 279248247.20897 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 279248247.20897 can be written as simply 279248247.20897/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 279248247.20897, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 279248247.20897/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 279248247.20897/1 each by 100000:
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 279248247.20897 as a fraction:
279248247/1 / 1