What is 18/12 as a mixed number in simplest form

 1  1/2

You can write this as 1 & 1/2

The whole part is 1. The fractional part is 1/2

Explanation:

Let's say we had 18 cookies to hand out to 12 students.

How many cookies does each student get?

Using a calculator shows that 18/12 = 1.5 which means they get one whole cookie each

The leftovers is 18-12 = 6

Then notice how 6/12 = 1/2

So that's how the improper fraction 18/12 becomes the mixed number 1 & 1/2

So each student gets 1 full cookie, plus half a cookie.

Or we could do the problem like this

18/12 = (12+6)/12

18/12 = (12/12)+(6/12)

18/12 = 1 + (1/2)

18/12 = 1 & 1/2