SOLUTION: is 1 over 4 proper or improper

Question 168101: is 1 over 4 proper or improper
Answer by Electrified_Levi(103) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi, Hope I can help
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An improper fraction is where the numerator( or top number ) is larger than the denominator ( or bottom number ), an improper faction can be changed to a mixed number ( a whole number, and a fraction )
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A proper fraction is where the numerator is smaller than the denominator
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would be proper, since the numerator is smaller
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Here are some more examples of proper fractions
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, ,
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Here are some examples of improper fractions
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, ,
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You can write these numbers as mixed numbers
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You just say how many times can the bottom number ( denominator go into the top number ( numerator ),( or just divide the numbers ), and whatever the remainder is the fraction
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, 2 goes into 3 one time, so we would put a 1, there is a remainder of one so we would have a fraction of , so the mixed number would be
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1
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, 5 goes into 10 two times so we put a 2, there is no remainder, so our fraction would be , our mixed number ( in this case a whole number) would be
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2 , or just "2"
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, 99 goes into 700 seven times, so the number would be 7, there is a remainder of "7" so the fraction would be , the mixed number would be
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7
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This is how you change a mixed number to an improper fraction
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Let us change some mixed numbers to improper fractions
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Change 4 to an improper fraction, to do this, you take the whole number ( 4 ), and multiply by the denominator/ bottom number of the fraction ( 5 ), once you multiply, you add the top number or numerator ( 3 ) to your product, then you put your answer over your denominator you started with to get your improper fraction
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Here is how you do it
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4 , Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction
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= , then you add the numerator of the fraction
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= , then you put your answer over the original denominor
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, this is the improper fraction
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Hope I helped, Levi
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