Say you have 16/5 you would see how many times the 5 goes into 16,and that's 3..So that's your whole number.How many is left over???One.So that is your numerator and you keep the 5 which is the denominator,the same.
You divide the numerator by the denominator. The integer result of the division is the whole number (integer) of the mixed number, and the remainder stays as the fractional part (which may be...
Divide the numerator by the denominator. Put the remainder on top of the denominator. Example:17/7, 17 divided by 7 = 2 remainder 3, so the result is 2 3/7.