Given the numbers : 7 1/2 and 1 1/8
We will divide them
so,
[tex]\begin{gathered} 7\frac{1}{2}\div1\frac{1}{8} \\ \\ =\frac{15}{2}\div\frac{9}{8} \\ \\ =\frac{15}{2}\times\frac{8}{9} \\ \\ =\frac{8}{2}\times\frac{15}{9}=4\times\frac{5}{3}=\frac{20}{3}=6\frac{2}{3} \end{gathered}[/tex]