You should when doing calculations with it but otherwise, No.
Certainly. Every fraction is a ratio.
You simply substitute the divide symol (the forward slash or horizontal line) by the colon. Thus, the improper fraction, 13/5 = 13:5 as a ratio.
An improper fraction has the numerator equal to or greater than the denominator.
turn the mixed number into an improper fraction
Keep it an improper fraction an divide numerator and denominator by any number they devide by until you cannot anymore.
Yes. An improper fraction is defined as a fraction of the form a/b where a > b. This is still the ratio of two whole numbers which is what a rational number is.
Express the numbers in lowest form and then if it's an improper number, change it into a mixed number. :))
Proper fraction is part to whole.
Mixed fraction Improper fraction Numerator Denominator Ratio
It is 3 1/7. This is a very crude approximation to pi, the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
2.33 is, itself, an improper fraction. It is a fraction in decimal form rather than in the form of a ratio. However, that does not stop it being a fraction. Its equivalent, in improper rational form, is 2 33/100.