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How do you multiply mixed numbers by fractions?
Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction and proceed normally.
How do you convert mixed numbers to fractions?
To convert an improper fraction to a mixed number, divide the denominator into the numerator. The answer is the whole number. Put any remainder over the original denominator to create the fraction part.
A number containing a whole number and a fraction?
mixed numbers
How do you make a proper fraction into an improper fraction?
Ussaly when you have an improper fraction, you need to convert it into a mixed number, which means dividing out the parts that give you a whole number and leaving the extras in the fraction An exmple is 9/5, first you take out 5 from the top, to get a one, and are left with 4/5, so your answer is 1 4/5.
Why do you multiply the whole number by the denominator to get a mixed fraction?
You don't. But you do. When converting a mixed number into an improper fraction. A mixed fraction contains a whole number and a proper fraction, for example 23⁄4. To convert this to an 'improper' fraction, the whole number is multiplied by the denominator and added to the numerator to obtain the new numerator. See. but WHY? The denominator remains unchanged (unless, of course, you wish to simplify the fraction). This is unrelated! At no point did you actually provide an answer to this question.Continuing with the original example, for 23⁄4, (2 · 4 + 3) = 11, so the new fraction is 11⁄4.Ps. Anything in italics has been improved by another person.
Why is it impossible to convert a proper fraction into a mixed number?
no
How do you convert improper fraction to a proper fraction?
You can't. Improper and proper fractions are two different things. You can convert an improper fraction to a mixed number.
What is a number containing a whole whole number and a fraction?
When an expression consists of a whole number and a proper fraction, we call it a mixed number. Here are some examples of mixed numbers: We can convert a mixed number to an improper fraction.
How do you convert a mixed number?
Converting a mixed number into a proper fraction,is too divide the two numbers.
Why can't we convert a proper fraction to a mixed fraction?
because a proper fraction is less than1 and a mixed fraction is greater than 1
A number made up of a whole number and a proper fraction is it improper fraction mixed number proper fraction?
A mixed number.
How do you times a mixed fraction by a whole number?
Convert the mixed fraction to an improper fraction, multiply by the whole number, convert the answer back to a mixed fraction (if required).
What is the mixed number for 14 over 16?
14/16 is a proper fraction. Being less than one, it does not convert into a mixed number.
What is 3over8 as a mixed number?
You can't convert a proper fraction to an improper or mixed fraction - it just doesn't make sense. By definition, a proper fraction is one that is less than one; a mixed fraction - as well as an improper fraction - is less than or equal to one.
What is whole number mixed with a proper fraction?
a mixed number
How fo you times a fraction and a mixed number?
Convert the mixed number to an improper fraction and proceed.
How do you divide a fraction by mixed number?
Convert the mixed number to a fraction and invert numerator and denominator
