one and one-fourths is equal to five-fourths
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The mixed number consists of a whole number and a fraction. Multiply the denominator of the fraction portion by the whole number and to this product add the numerator of the fraction portion. This value is the numerator of the new improper fraction. The denominator of the new improper fraction is the same as the denominator of the original fraction portion of the mixed number.
You make it an improper fraction and switch the bottom and top numbers
You make it into a improper fraction, then make a common denominator and remember to do what you did to the bottom to the top then solve
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.
You can first make it into a mixed fraction of -7 32/100 and simplify the 32 over 100, which gives you 8/25. Then your answer could be -7 and 8/25. But if you need it in an improper fraction, then you multiply -7 and 25 and add 8. This gives you -167/25.