42/17 to a mixed number

In order to convert our improper fraction 42/17 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 [17] goes into the numerator [42]. 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 [8].

You may also calculate a remainder by using the whole number we calculated in the first step [2] and multiplying it by the original denominator [17]. And then subtract the result from the original numerator [42]:

3. Get our mixed fraction. To complete our mixed fraction we need to take the new numerator from previous step [8] and put it above the original denominator [17], and then put the whole number [2] before it

That's it! We have successfully converted the improper fraction 42/17 to the mixed number 2 8/17.