write 1 2
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1 2
and so on....
Use fraction to express a number less than one
you use the number you want to express as the fraction as the numerator and the other number is the denominator. an example is, "express 1 as a fraction of 4" you would write it as 1/4
parts of a whole number
1.7383 is a [decimal] fraction: it is NOT a whole number and there is no sensible way to express it as a whole number.
To express any whole number as a fraction, the numerator is the number and the denominator is 1.
12/1
You cannot do so.
To express a number as a fraction, it needs to be related to a second number. The first number becomes the numerator and the second number becomes the denominator. 2 is 1/3 of 6 because when one writes 2/6 it can be simplified to 1/3. 40 cannot be expressed as a true fraction until one has a second number to be the denominator in 40/X The only way to express 40 as a fraction is to write it as 40/1.
A fraction can be written as a word, such as quarter. You can write quarter as a number as .25 or 1/4
Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction. Any fraction can be expressed as a decimal by dividing the denominator into the numerator.
Usually you would put the first number in the ratio into the fraction's numerator (top part), and the second number into the fraction's denominator (bottom part).
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