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This is often referred to as an "improper" fraction. It can always be re-written as
an integer (whole number) plus a proper fraction (a fraction less than one).
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Why is the reciprocal of a fraction less than one always a fraction greater than one?
A positive fraction that is less than one is known as a proper fraction. In a proper fraction, the denominator is greater than the numerator. A reciprocal fraction would have a numerator greater than the denominator. Such a fraction is known as an improper fraction. Improper fractions are greater than one.
Why is an improper fraction greater than one?
That's by the way "improper fraction" is defined. An improper fraction is a number greater than one, written as a single fraction.
What type of fraction is greater than one?
An improper fraction (3/2) greater than (2/2)
How do you know if a fraction is more than half?
Double the numerator. If the answer is greater than the denominator then the fraction is greater than half.Double the numerator. If the answer is greater than the denominator then the fraction is greater than half.Double the numerator. If the answer is greater than the denominator then the fraction is greater than half.Double the numerator. If the answer is greater than the denominator then the fraction is greater than half.
How can you tell if a fraction is less than equal to or less than one?
If the fraction has a greater numerator than the denominator than the fraction is greater than one If the fraction has a numerator less than the denominator than the fraction is less than one If the numerator and the denominator are the same numbers than the fraction is equal to one **The numerator is the top number; the denominator is the bottom number**
What fraction is greater than six an one third?
The fraction seven and one third is one such fraction.
What is a fraction that is greater than one called?
It is called a improper fraction.
How you know which fraction is less than one whole?
If the numerator is less than the denominator, the fraction is less than one. For example, 5/7 is less than one. If the numerator is greater than the denominator, the fraction is greater than one. For example, 10/7 is more than one.
What is a imperior fraction?
And improper fraction is one where the numerator is greater than the denominator.
When you multiply a fraction by a number greater than one how does the product compare to the fraction?
The absolute value of the answer will be greater than the absolute value of the original.
The type of fraction that is greater than one?
Improper
What fraction is greater than six and one third?
Twenty six and one third is greater.
What fraction is not greater than 1-half?
Every negative fraction, and every positive fraction whose numerator is half of its denominator or less, is not greater than one half.
Why decimals greater than one become an improper fraction?
Because if you divide out the fraction you get a number bigger than one. (Definition of an improper fraction).
A fraction whose numerator is equal to or greater than denominator?
a fraction that has a numerator equal to the denominator is one: a fraction who's numerator is greater that the denominator is an improper fraction.
When you divide a whole number by a fraction less than one will the quotient be greater than or less than the whole number?
When you divide a number by a fraction between zero and one, the quotient will be greater than that number.
What number is an improper fraction always greater than?
ONE
