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You see how many times the Denominator (Bottom Number) goes into the Numerator (Top Number) And add on the remainder to the Numerator.

Lets say...

38 over 5 for example.

5 goes into 38 7 times (35) And has three left.

So the answer as a mixed fraction would be

7 3/5

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