Finding the Fraction 6/5: Number Identification Problem

The number 65 \frac{6}{5} is found....

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00:00 Position the number
00:07 We'll position the number relative to 1
00:28 And we'll position the number relative to 1.5
00:36 And this is the solution to the question

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The number 65 \frac{6}{5} is found....

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Let's first try to understand what numbers are greater and smaller than the number 65 \frac{6}{5} .

Since the denominator is 5, both the larger and smaller numbers will also have a denominator of 5:

?5<65<?5 \frac{?}{5}<\frac{6}{5}<\frac{?}{5}

Now let's complete the numerators with numbers that will help us reach whole numbers or half numbers in the fractions as follows:

55<65<7.55 \frac{5}{5}<\frac{6}{5}<\frac{7.5}{5}

Let's now simplify the fractions as follows:

5:55:5=11=1 \frac{5:5}{5:5}=\frac{1}{1}=1

7.5:55:5=1.51=1.5=112 \frac{7.5:5}{5:5}=\frac{1.5}{1}=1.5=1\frac{1}{2}

Therefore, the answer is:

1<65<112 1<\frac{6}{5}<1\frac{1}{2}

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...between 1 1 to 112 1\frac{1}{2} .

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