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a fraction is just another way of writing a division problem. so when you see a fraction that looks like this 24/5 (which is improper) we can rewrite it as 24 divided by five. five goes into 24 four times with a remainder of 4. we are still dividing 4 by 5 so our mixed number then becomes 4 4/5 which is said four and four fifths because we are adding 4 with 4/5 and when we add fractions with whole numbers we need a common denominator. 4/1 = 20/5 and when we add 20/5+4/5 we get 24/5 which is what we started with
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