Changing Improper Changing Improper Fractions to Mixed Fractions to Mixed

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Changing Improper Changing Improper Fractions to Mixed Fractions to Mixed

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What is an Improper Fraction?

• An Improper fraction has a top (numerator) number larger than (or equal to) the bottom (denominator) number, Its “Top Heavy”

Examples: 11 8 3 7 5 2

Is This an Improper Fraction?

1910

YES!!!!

What is a Mixed Fraction?

• A Mixed Fraction is awhole number and a proper fraction combined, such as 1 3/4.

How you Change an Improper Fraction to a

Mixed Fraction

• First figure out if its an improper fraction by looking to see if the top number is bigger than the bottom number.

8 Yes 3 No

5 4

Next you divide the top number by the bottom

number

Now that we know 8 is an improper

5fraction we can divide 8 by 5. 5

goes into 8, 1 time with 3 left over.

• We take the remaining 3 and make it into a fraction. The remaining 3 will always go over the original denominator.

• The number of times the denominator goes into the numerator always goes in front of the remaining fraction such as:

1 3 5

PracticeAre these improper fractions? If so

change it into a mixed fractions.

1. 13 2. 9 6 2

Practice1. 13 2. 9 6 2

Answers YES1. 2 1 2. 4 1 6 2

PracticeAre these improper fractions? If so

change it into a mixed fraction.

1. 12 2. 25 3

Answers1. 12 2. 2

5 3

1. Yes 2. No

2 2 5

Recap• To change an improper fraction to a

mixed number you divide the numerator by the denominator.

• The number of times its divided is written first.

• Then the remainder is put into a fraction with the remainder over the original denominator.

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