The number above the line will be greater than the number below the line eg 12/6 or 11/3 or 55/23
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if the value above the line of the fraction is greater than or equal to the value below the lin, then the fraction is equal to or greater than 1 whole.
234 = 234/1 is a fraction which is greater than 1.
The above statement is not true!-3/4 is a fraction which is less than 1. Its reciprocal is -4/3 which is also less than 1, NOT greater.
Proper fractions are less than 1. Improper fractions are greater than 1. For a proper fraction to become an improper fraction, you would have to add a quantity that would make it greater than 1.
An improper fraction is greater than or equal to 1.