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What is a fraction that has a fractions in the numerator denominator or both?
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∙ 8y ago
It is a compound fraction.
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How is a proper fraction and an improper fraction related?
The numerator and denominator in both types of fractions are integers. In a proper fraction the numerator is smaller than the denominator while in an improper fraction the numerator is larger.
What number can be subtracted from both the numerator and denominator of this fraction to produce the fraction on the right?
Without seeing the fractions in question it would be assumed that they would form equivalent fractions.
How do you write improper fractions in simplest form?
An improper fraction is already in it's simplest form as long as in the fraction part the denominator is bigger then the numerator.
If 2 fractions have the same numerator but different denominator how can you tell which is greater?
In that case, and assuming both fractions are positive, the one with the larger denominator is the smaller fraction, because you are dividing by a larger number.
What are complex fractions?
They could be fractions in which the numerator or the denominator, or both, are complex numbers.
What is the difference between a complex fraction and a regular fraction?
"Regular" fractions have integers for the numerator and denominator. Complex fractions have fractions at one or both of those spots.
What is a complex fraction?
That means that there is a main fraction; the numerator, the denominator, or both, of it, are in turn fractions.
What is A fraction where the numerator denominator or both are also fractions is called?
It is called a complex fraction.
What is a fraction that contains one or more fractions in the numerator the denominator or both?
It is a compound fraction.
How is a proper fraction and an improper fraction related?
The numerator and denominator in both types of fractions are integers. In a proper fraction the numerator is smaller than the denominator while in an improper fraction the numerator is larger.
What are the components of a complex fraction?
To be called a complex fraction, either the numerator, the denominator, or both, are fractions (or contain fractions).
Can a decimal number be the denominator in a fraction?
In standard fractions both numerator and denominator must be integers.
How can you tell which fractions is greater if both fractions have the same numerator?
Then the fraction with the smaller denominator is larger.
What is the simalarites betweenproer and improper fractions?
Both proper and improper fractions have a numerator and a denominator. In a proper fraction the numerator is always less than the denominator. In an improper function the numerator is greater than the denominator
What is a fraction considered when the numerator denominator or both are fractions?
A complex fraction, just waiting to be simplified.
What is the definition of complex fractions?
A complex fraction is one in which the numerator, denominator, or both contain a fraction.
What is a fraction that contains one or more fractions in the numerator and the denominator or both?
That's a complex fraction.
