Remember that a whole number can always be represented as itself over one.
So if you 2 + 1/2 (two and one-half), then it can be represented as 2/1 + 1/2, which becomes 4/2 + 1/2 or 5/2.
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You change the mixed number into an inproper fraction.
You change the mixed number to an improper fraction, multiply its denominator by the whole number. Then, if required, convert back to a mixed fraction.
10/3
Remove the numbers
You can't. A mixed number is the sum of a whole number and a proper fraction. 253 is a whole number, and if you split it up into a fraction, it would consist of a whole number and an improper fraction.