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Treat it like a division problem. Take the numerator (top number) and divide it by the denominator (bottom number). You want to see how many times the denominator can "go into" the numerator.

Example: 7/2 (seven halves) = 3.5 because 2 "goes into" 7 three times, and there is 1 "left over", which is half of 2. The number "left over" divided by the denominator is what becomes the number after the decimal. In this case, 1/2 = .5

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