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How do you write 1 7/8 as an improper fraction?

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Shwetank Mauria

Nov 21, 2016

#1 7/8=15/8#

Explanation:

#7/8# is equivalent to #7# pieces taken from #8# pieces of an object and #1# means one full object. These are depicted below:

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Hence, we can write #1# as #8/8#

and #1 7/8=8/8+7/8=(8+7)/8=15/8#

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