Carpenters and contractors are often measuring in feet, inches, and fractional inches [1 ft 7 ¾ in, for example]. Up until {around the year 2000, I think}, stock prices were priced in 1/8 dollar increments. So you might have 15 3/8 as a stock price, for example. Now they are priced in 1 cent increments.
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Whole numbers such as 113 are not normally expressed as mixed numbers.
Mixed numbers is when you have a whole number put beside a fraction: Mixed number: 12/3 Improper fraction: 5/4 Proper fraction: 2/3
11/3 = 32/3
11/3 and 12/3
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