Question

If "two-and-a-third" is written as a fraction with a denominator of 3,-------is the numerator?

Answer 1

Given:

The number is, "two-and-a-third".

To find:

The numerator of the fraction.

Explanation:

The given mixed fraction is,

$2\frac{1}{3}$

It can be written in form of the improper fraction,

$\begin{gathered} =\frac{2\times3+1}{3} \\ =\frac{7}{3} \end{gathered}$

From this, we get

The numerator value is 7 and the denominator is 3.

Final answer:

The numerator is 7.