One way to write 18/6 is to compute 18/6 to be the whole number of a quotient that is equal to. Another way to write 18/6 is to write it as an improper fraction that's reduced. One more way to write 18/6 is as a decimal. Note how all of these ways of writing the same expression are all equal to writing one same value, and it's the WAY in which you modify what you're writing.
