Question

If you share 7 apples equally with 3 people then there are 2 1/3. Frost complete the sentence. Then , briefly explain what the whole number 2, the denominator 3, and the numerator 1 mean in this problem

Answer 1

The whole number 2 is the number of whole apples each person gets. The numerator 1 is the number of pieces of the remaining apple each person gets; the denominator 3 is the number of pieces the remaining apple is cut into.