Answer: Between 5 and 6 whole numbers
Explanation:
5 1/5 ⇒ 5*5/5 +1/5 ⇒ (25+1)/5 ⇒ 26/5
Therefore: the denominator is 5 and this number whill make the fraction a hole number when the numerator is a number that contains 5.
So:
26/5 is bewteen this numbers:
... 24/5, 25/5, 26/5, 27/5, 28/5, 29/5, 30/5, 31/5.....
This is the same as:
... 24/5, 5, 26/5, 27/5, 28/5, 29/5, 6, 31/5.....
We can see that 26/5 is between 5 an 6 (whole numbers)