When you have a number which is a mixed fraction.
A mixed number or a mixed fraction.
It is a mixed fraction.
A mixed number
It is a mixed number
It is a mixed number.
A mixed number or mixed fraction.
Five 2nds is the same amount as 5/2 and also the same amount as 2.5 and 21/2 .It's not the same as any whole number.
The answer can be another fraction and a whole number or it can be a whole number.
if they do not go in evenly to each other then they are called a fraction. and what you have there is a fraction. it does not come out to a whole number, but you can estimate and get the number close to what the actual amount is.
You can make any whole number into a fraction by putting it over 1.
a fraction cannot be a whole number
To divide a whole number by a fraction, you can rewrite the fraction as a whole number by multiplying the denominator by the whole number. Then, divide the resulting whole number by the numerator of the fraction. This process is equivalent to multiplying the whole number by the reciprocal of the fraction.