Type 2 3/4 as an SAT answer

Step by step

The question

Question: type 2 and 3/4 as an SAT answer.

1 Change the form

No mixed numbers on the SAT.

2 and 3/4 would be read as 23/4.

So we make it one fraction.

One whole is 4 fourths.

So 2 wholes are 2 × 4 = 8 fourths.

Plus 3 more: 11 fourths.

Careful!

Don't type 2 space 3/4.

The SAT reads it as 23/4.

2 Count the characters

The answer box takes 5 characters.

11/4 has 4.

It fits.

3 Type it in

We type 11/4.

11 ÷ 4 is 2.75.

It fits in the box too.

So 2.75 also works: it is the same number.

Let's look back.

First: change the form.

Then: count the characters.

Last: type it in.