If the numerator (top number) is more than the denominator (bottom number), then the fraction is greater than one.
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If the denominator is positive and the numerator is less than the denominator then the fraction is less than 1. If the denominator is positive and the numerator is greater than the denominator then the fraction is greater than 1.
A fraction is less than 1 when its denominator is greater than its numerator as for example 3/4
Its reciprocal is either less than 0 or greater than 1.
A positive fraction that is less than one is known as a proper fraction. In a proper fraction, the denominator is greater than the numerator. A reciprocal fraction would have a numerator greater than the denominator. Such a fraction is known as an improper fraction. Improper fractions are greater than one.
It can be greater than or less than it.