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Proper: Numerator less than denominator. Ex.: 5/8

Improper: Numerator equal to or greater than denominator. Ex.: 9/4

Mixed: a simplified improper fraction, with a whole number and a proper fraction. Ex.: 6 and 2/3

---- There are 5 kinds of fraction. Proper fraction, improper fraction, mixed number, unit fraction, and equivalent fractions. An example of a proper fraction is 3/4. An example of an improper fractions is 13/12. An example of a mixed number is 1 and 1/4. An example of a unit fraction is 1/3. An example of equivalent fractions is 4/8 = 1/2.
There are improper fractions which have a numerator with a higher value than the denominator (10/5, 15/7, etc).

There are also proper fractions in which the denominator is a higher number than the numerator (4/7, 6/10,etc).

There are mixed fractions which are improper fractions written with a number written to the left of the fraction (4 1/3), 10 1/2, etc).

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