Question

What is 18/12 as a mixed number in simplest form

Answer 1

Answer:  1  1/2

You can write this as 1 & 1/2

The whole part is 1. The fractional part is 1/2

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Explanation:

Let's say we had 18 cookies to hand out to 12 students.

How many cookies does each student get?

Using a calculator shows that 18/12 = 1.5 which means they get one whole cookie each

The leftovers is 18-12 = 6

Then notice how 6/12 = 1/2

So that's how the improper fraction 18/12 becomes the mixed number 1 & 1/2

So each student gets 1 full cookie, plus half a cookie.

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Or we could do the problem like this

18/12 = (12+6)/12

18/12 = (12/12)+(6/12)

18/12 = 1 + (1/2)

18/12 = 1 & 1/2

Answer 2

Answer:

1 1/2

Divide using long division. The whole number portion will be the number of times the denominator of the original fraction divides evenly into the numerator of the original fraction, and the fraction portion of the mixed number will be the remainder of the original fraction division over the denominator of the original fraction.