It's required to find the division of 40 1/2 by 13 1/2.
We need first to express both numbers as a simple fraction as follows:
[tex]40\frac{1}{2}=40+\frac{1}{2}[/tex]Operating:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 40\frac{1}{2}=\frac{80}{2}+\frac{1}{2} \\ 40\frac{1}{2}=\frac{81}{2} \end{gathered}[/tex]Similarly: