An improper fraction
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An improper fraction has a numerator greater than the denominator. When the numerator and denominator are equal, that's called "1."
It is called "writing a fraction as an equivalent fraction with a larger denominator"!
An improper fraction has a numerator greater than the denominator. When the numerator and denominator are equal, that's called "1."
irreducible fraction An irreducible fraction (or fraction in lowest terms, simplest form or reduced fraction) is a fraction in which the numerator and denominator are integers that have no other common divisors than 1 (and −1, when negative numbers are considered).
so in 1/2 the 2 is the denominator and the 1 is the numerator