How do you write 17/5 as an mixed number
2 answers:
Answer:
First find the nearest number divisible by 5 to get a whole number returned
that number is 15
15/5 = 3 (no decimals)
so the ‘big’ (as I like to call it) number or the integer that isn’t part of the fraction would be 3.
now what is left?
subtract 15 from the numerator
17 - 15 = 2
replace 17 with 2 in the fraction to get 2/5
The result is
to prove this is the same
multiply the ‘big number’ by the denominator
3*5 = 15
and add the numerator
15+2 = 17
now just insert the denominator below it, and you get 17/5
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