Question

What number is halfway between 1 and 5/6?

Answer 1

hint: add the two numbers up, then divide that sum by 2

Answer 2

Umm okay thank you!

Answer 3

you're welcome, tell me what you get

Answer 4

I got 4/7 but I'm not sure if I did it right.

Answer 5

that is incorrect

Answer 6

Umm okay thank you

Answer 7

can you show me how you got 4/7?

Answer 8

I did what you said to do by taking the numbers and adding them together, after I added the numbers together I got 4/7. But I probably did some math wrong

Answer 9

hmm, getting "7" as lcd shows something ... went really awry or ... is made up hehe

Answer 10

the number 1 can be thought of as 6/6 since 6/6 = 1

this means that

1 + 5/6

is really the same as

6/6 + 5/6

with me so far?

Answer 11

Okay so then would I add the 5/6 and 6/6 together?

Answer 12

correct, how would you do that?

Answer 13

You would only add the 5 and 6 together, right?

Answer 14

correct, you add the numerators and place that over the common denominator of 6

Answer 15

Okay so would the final answer be 11/6?

Answer 16

now cut that in half

or multiply that by 1/2

Answer 17

11/6 * 1/2 = ???

Answer 18

Would the denominator would be three?

Answer 19

no, you don't divide 6 by 2 to get 3

Answer 20

Okay.. So do I divide the whole fraction by a 1/2 somehow?

Answer 21

to multiply 11/6 by 1/2, you multiply the numerators together and the denominators together


multiply numerators: 11*1 = 11

multiply denominators: 6*2 = 12


So 11/6 * 1/2 = 11/12

Answer 22

that means the number 11/12 is halfway between 1 and 5/6

Answer 23

Oh okay thank you for helping and explaining it! It helped me understand it better to where I can do all the other ones myself! Thank you again(:

Answer 24

glad to be of help, you're welcome

Answer 25

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