Question

If you had `26/12` dollars, how much money would that be in dollars and cents?

Answer 1

`26/12 = $2 and 17c`

Explanation:

People often forget how useful fractions are, especially changing between mixed numbers and improper fractions. Any division can be written as a fraction and many divisions are actually easier done by fractions than trying to work with decimals.

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In this case `26/12 = 2 2/12 = $2 1/6`

This means we have `$2` dollars and a fraction of a dollar.

`1/6` of a dollar can be found by dividing:

`100 div 6 = 16 4/6 = 16 2/3 " " (6xx16 = 96)`

We obviously don't have `2/3`of a cent, so `17c` would do.