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What is the difference between a proper fraction and an improper fraction?
In an improper fraction the absolute value of the numerator (the top) is bigger than the absolute value of the denominator. An improper fraction is also called a top-heavy fraction.
How do you change a mixed fraction in to a proper fraction?
You cannot. By definition, the absolute value of a mixed fraction is greater than one while, again by definition, the absolute value of a proper fraction is less than one.
What is the mix fraction for three elevenths?
Since the absolute value of three elevenths is less than 1, there is no mixed fraction.Since the absolute value of three elevenths is less than 1, there is no mixed fraction.Since the absolute value of three elevenths is less than 1, there is no mixed fraction.Since the absolute value of three elevenths is less than 1, there is no mixed fraction.
What happens to a fraction when the numerator stays the same but the denomintor increases?
The absolute value of the fraction decreases.
If the number above the line is smaller than the number below the line it is a fraction?
It is a fraction if the number below the line is not zero. If the ABSOLUTE value of the number above the line is smaller than the ABSOLUTE value of the number below the line then it is a proper fraction. Otherwise it is an improper fraction.So, -7 is smaller than 2 but -7/2 is not a proper fraction because the absolute value of -7 (which is 7) is not smaller than the absolute value of 2 (= 2).
