Question

Invert the inproper fraction to a mixed number 17 over 3

Answer 1

5 2/3

Explanation:

We first want to find the whole number, and to do this we divide the numerator by the denominator. Since we are only interested in whole numbers, we ignore any numbers to the right of the decimal point.

17/3= 5.6666666666667 = 5

Now that we have our whole number for the mixed fraction, we need to find our new numerator for the fraction part of the mixed number.

Step 2: Get the new numerator

To work this out we'll use the whole number we calculated in step one (5) and multiply it by the original denominator (3). The result of that multiplication is then subtracted from the original numerator:

17 - (3 x 5) = 2

Step 3: Our mixed fraction

We've now simplified 17/3 to a mixed number. To see it, we just need to put the whole number together with our new numerator and original denominator:

5 2/3

Answer 2

5 2/3

Explanation:

Find how many times 3 goes into 17.

=5

Find the remainder

=2

5 is the integer and 2 is the remaining fraction. Put two over 3 (the original denominator). 5 2/3