23/12 to a mixed number

In order to convert our improper fraction 23/12 to a mixed number, we need to follow three basic steps:

1. Find the whole number. First we need to calculate how many times the denominator [12] goes into the numerator [23]. To do this we divide the numerator by the denominator:

2. Find the New Numerator. Our new numerator is equal to the remainder from previous step [11].

You may also calculate a remainder by using the whole number we calculated in the first step [1] and multiplying it by the original denominator [12]. And then subtract the result from the original numerator [23]:

3. Get our mixed fraction. To complete our mixed fraction we need to take the new numerator from previous step [11] and put it above the original denominator [12], and then put the whole number [1] before it

That's it! We have successfully converted the improper fraction 23/12 to the mixed number 1 11/12.

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