document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=117811>Question 117811</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the decimal equivalent of the mixed number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 7/8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #85854 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=85854\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Think to yourself: if 1 is equivalent to 8-eighths, then 8 must be 8 times 8-eighths.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And 8 times 8-eighths is 64-eighths. So the mixed number is 64-eighths plus 7-eighths for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a total of 71-eighths.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A \"short cut way of thinking this is to take the denominator of the fraction, use it to multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the whole number, add the numerator of the fraction, and put that result over the denominator of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the fraction. In steps this would be:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Take the 8 in the denominator, multiply it by the whole number 8 to get 64, add the 7 from<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the numerator to get 71, and put it over the denominator 8 to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=71%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"71%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you prefer to write this operation out you can write it as:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2A%288%2F8%29+=+%288%2A8%29%2F8+=+64%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2A%288%2F8%29+=+%288%2A8%29%2F8+=+64%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and add <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2864+%2B+7%29%2F8+=+71%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2864+%2B+7%29%2F8+=+71%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At this point you have <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=71%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"71%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as the fraction that is equivalent to the mixed number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then you just divide the denominator 8 into 71 and get the decimal equivalent. If you use a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "calculator, you will find that 8 into 71 is 8.875 and that is the answer to this problem.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are other ways to do the conversion of this mixed number to a decimal equivalent,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but the methods discussed above are pretty general in dealing with mixed numbers and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they are about as simple to remember and to use as any other method. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand how to deal with converting mixed numbers to decimals.<BR>\n" );
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