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What do you call a fraction having both a whole number and a fraction?
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What is it called when a number that contains both a fraction and a whole number?
It is a mixed fraction.
What is the difference between a mixed number and a fraction?
A mixed number is a number with both a whole number and a fraction.
What is a mixed number fraction?
A mixed number fraction is when you have both a whole number and a fraction stated together. For example, "three and a half" or "five and one quarter".
What is the definition of whole to whole ratio?
It is the ratio of one whole number to another whole number, which may be expressed as a fraction. The ratio (or fraction) may be simplified by dividing both numbers by the greatest common factor.
How is a decimal similar to fractions?
A decimal is similar to a fraction because they are both part of a whole number, not a whole number, just part of one. For example, 0.5 is the same thing as 1/2 , or half. This means both are only half of a whole number.
What is it called when a number that contains both a fraction and a whole number?
It is a mixed fraction.
What is the difference between a mixed number and a fraction?
A mixed number is a number with both a whole number and a fraction.
Can slope be written as a whole number instead of a fraction?
Only if it happens to BE a whole number. As you probably know, you can't "convert" a fraction to a whole number, without losing precision. But the slope may well happen to be a whole number, such as 1, 2, 3, -1, etc. (or close enough to a whole number).
How do you multiply fraction by another fraction or a whole number?
turn both fractions into decimals and then multiply!
Can a negative improper fraction be a rational number?
-- If the numerator and denominator of the fraction are both whole numbers,then the fraction is definitely a rational number.-- Even if they're not both whole numbers, it still canbe a rational number.-- Makes no difference whether the fraction is negative or positive, improper or proper.
How do you know when a fraction is equivalent to a whole number?
You know when a fraction is equivalent to a whole number when both the numerator and denominator is the same. For example 2/2 is equivalent to the number two.
What is the combination of a common fraction and whole number called?
This is called a mixed number. Mixed numbers are numbers that stand for both a fraction and a whole number. For example: 41/2
What is a mixed number fraction?
A mixed number fraction is when you have both a whole number and a fraction stated together. For example, "three and a half" or "five and one quarter".
How do you write 176 percent as a fraction mixed number or whole number in simplest form?
As a mixed number, it is 1 76/100. and as a fraction it is 176/100, both of which can be simplified. It cannot be expressed as a whole number because it is not a whole number.
What is the definition of whole to whole ratio?
It is the ratio of one whole number to another whole number, which may be expressed as a fraction. The ratio (or fraction) may be simplified by dividing both numbers by the greatest common factor.
How is a decimal similar to fractions?
A decimal is similar to a fraction because they are both part of a whole number, not a whole number, just part of one. For example, 0.5 is the same thing as 1/2 , or half. This means both are only half of a whole number.
When is a fraction in its lowest terms?
When no whole number will not go into both the numerator and the denominator evenly.
