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Division. It's also a grouping symbol. For example:

67 + 3

______

4 - 2

You can rewrite that as (67 + 3) / (4 - 2). The answer is 35.

Back to fractions. It's useful for converting a fraction to a decimal. For example,

3

_

4

= 0.75. Just divide the numerator by the denominator. If it's a mixed fraction, be sure to convert it to improper first. For example.

23

__

6

will get you a decimal number greater than 1 because it is improper.

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