SOLUTION: Ok, I did a problem which was changing improper into to proper fractions. The problem was 5/3. It came up with 1.666666667. The answer was 5/3 + 1 2/3. I don't understand where the

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Question 144454: Ok, I did a problem which was changing improper into to proper fractions. The problem was 5/3. It came up with 1.666666667. The answer was 5/3 + 1 2/3. I don't understand where the 2 came up at? I know the 1 was the first number of the decimal, but what about that 2?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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The 2 is 5 minus 3. 5/3 is 3/3+2/3, the same as 1 2/3. The .6666666667 is 2/3.