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What is 220/15 as a mixed number

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Answer: 14 & 2/3

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220/15 = (210 + 10)/15

220/15 = (210/15) + (10/15)

220/15 = 14 + (10/15)

220/15 = 14 + (2/3)

220/15 = 14 & 2/3

whole part = 14

fractional part = 2/3

A real world example: you have 220 cookies and 15 friends you want to share them with. Each friend would get 14 whole cookies. So far they would eat 14*15 = 210 cookies. There are 220-210 = 10 cookies remaining. This last group of 10 isn't enough to give every person a whole cookie. Instead they would get an additional 10/15 = 2/3 of a cookie.

In summary, each friend would get 14 & 2/3 cookies. In other words, 14 whole cookies and then 2/3 of an extra cookie.

If you used long division, then you should find that 220/15 = 14 remainder 10. The "remainder 10" part is the numerator of 10/15.

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