28/3 to a mixed number

In order to convert our improper fraction 28/3 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 [3] goes into the numerator [28]. 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 [1].

You may also calculate a remainder by using the whole number we calculated in the first step [9] and multiplying it by the original denominator [3]. And then subtract the result from the original numerator [28]:

3. Get our mixed fraction. To complete our mixed fraction we need to take the new numerator from previous step [1] and put it above the original denominator [3], and then put the whole number [9] before it

That's it! We have successfully converted the improper fraction 28/3 to the mixed number 9 1/3.

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