Mixed fractions can't become proper fractions. Mixed fractions are greater than one.
You can, however, change a mixed number into an IMPROPER fraction by multiplying the whole number by the denominator and adding the numerator to become the new numerator over the original denominator, for example:
2 3/4 = (2×4+3)/4 = 11/4
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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.
because a proper fraction is less than1 and a mixed fraction is greater than 1
A mixed number.
proper fraction
It is a fraction - which may be mixed or proper.