SOLUTION: How do you convert mixed numbers into decimals without a calculator?

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Question 490010: How do you convert mixed numbers into decimals without a calculator?
Answer by deborabr(181) About Me  (Show Source):
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first, transforme the mixed number into fraction, for example:
2 1/6
this is a sum, so:
6/6*2/6+1/6
conserve the denominator and calculate the numerator
13/6
now divided the numerator by the denominator
13/6 = 2,16
so 2 1/6 is 2,16 too