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Writing Mixed Numbers as Fractions

This mixed number can also be expressed as a fraction. Each whole apple contains two half apples. Your two whole apples are also four half apples. Four half apples plus one half apple is five half apples. So you have 5/2 apples.

To put this another way: to turn a mixed number into a fraction, multiply the whole number by the denominator (the bottom part), and add the result to the numerator (the top part).21/2 = ?

Multiply the whole number by the denominator.

The whole number is 2.

The denominator is 2.

2 x 2 = 4.

Add the result to the numerator:

The numerator is 1.

4 + 1 = 5

The numerator is 5. The denominator remains 2.

21/2 = 5/2

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