Answer:
3 1/2
Investigating the number of 2's that can be fitted into 7
Consider 2
+2
+
2
+
2
=
8
this is too big so too many 2's
Consider
2
+
2+
2
=
6
this will fit into 7 but the remainder is 7-6=1
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Now lets start again but in a different way.
Split 7 up into 6
+
1
So 7
÷
2 is the same as ...
(
6
+
1
)
÷
2
which is the same as: ...
6
÷
2
+
1
÷
2
which is the same as ...
6
2
+
1
2
which is the same as ...
3
+
1
2
→
3
1
2
