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HOW DO THEY GET 8OVER2
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Another method of writing division calculations is to use fractions. In a fraction, the top number, or numerator, is divided by the bottom number, or denominator.
So in your expression you have '8' divided by '2' and that is the same as the fration with numerator '8' and denominator '2':