77/12 to a mixed number

In order to convert our improper fraction 77/12 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 [77]. 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 [5].

You may also calculate a remainder by using the whole number we calculated in the first step [6] and multiplying it by the original denominator [12]. And then subtract the result from the original numerator [77]:

3. Get our mixed fraction. To complete our mixed fraction we need to take the new numerator from previous step [5] and put it above the original denominator [12], and then put the whole number [6] before it

That's it! We have successfully converted the improper fraction 77/12 to the mixed number 6 5/12.