Question

Rewrite 5/2 as a mixed number.

1 3/5
1 3/2
2 1/2
2/5

Answer 1

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Answer 2

old question but will respond to help out future users

5/2

first, we figure out how many times 2 goes into 5. 2 goes into 5 twice (2*2 = 4, if you try 2*3 you get 6 which goes over)

so we remove 2 from the numerator, leaving us with 2 + (the leftover fraction)

to find the leftover fraction, simply subtract 5/2, minus the (2*2)/2 we removed from before.