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document.write( "We are learning how to make a whole number look exactly like a mixed\r\n" );
document.write( "number with a whole part and a fraction part, so that we can subtract\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. We are borrowing 1 from the 3, leaving 2, and then breaking the\r\n" );
document.write( "1 that we borrowed into 2 halves.\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. We are borrowing 1 from the 3, leaving 2, and this time we are breaking \r\n" );
document.write( "the 1 that we borrowed into 3 thirds.\r\n" );
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document.write( "3. We are borrowing 1 from the 3, leaving 2, and this time we are breaking \r\n" );
document.write( "the 1 that we borrowed into 6 sixths.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We can always borrow 1 from the whole number, then break the 1 that we \r\n" );
document.write( "borrow from the whole number into any of these that we need in order to\r\n" );
document.write( "be able to subtract a fraction from it:\r\n" );
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document.write( "2 halves, 3 thirds, 4 fourths, 5 fifths, 6 sixths, 7 sevenths, etc., etc.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That is, we can write the whole number:\r\n" );
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document.write( " as  or as  or even , whatever we need\r\n" );
document.write( "it to be written as, so we can subtract a fraction from it.\r\n" );
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document.write( " as  or as  or even , whatever we \r\n" );
document.write( "need it to be written as, so we can subtract a fraction from it.\r\n" );
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