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Numerator: Top number
Denominator: bottom number
Proper fraction: when numerator is less than denominator Ex: 3/5
improper fraction: when numerator exceeds denominator Ex: 5/3
Mixed number: when an integer is paired with a proper fraction
Ex: 5/3 = 1 2/3
1 2/3 is a mixed number
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How can you tell the difference between an improper fraction and a mixed number?
A mixed number is a combination of an integer and a proper fraction.
What is the difference between proper and improper fraction?
A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator, meaning its value is less than 1. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is greater than its denominator, meaning its value is more than 1. An improper fraction can always be written as a mixed number ... an integer plus a proper fraction.
Is a mixed number a proper or improper fraction?
Improper Fraction.
How do you convert an improper fraction into a real number?
You do not do anything. An improper fraction IS a real number.
How To Change A Number to an improper fraction?
Some numbers are improper fractions and some are not. For example, 1/2 or 0.5 is a number but not an improper fraction. And there is no way in which you can express it as an improper fraction.
