When a fraction's numerator is smaller than its denominator, the fraction is smaller than the whole.This kind of fraction is called PROPER FRACTION
For examples:
Two parts are shaded in the above diagram. Total number of equal parts is 3. Therefore, the shaded part can be represented as 2/3 in fraction. The numerator (top number) is less compared to the denominator (bottom number). This type of fraction is called proper fraction.
Similarly,
Three parts are shaded in the above diagram. Total number of equal parts is 4. Therefore, the shaded part can be represented as 3/4 in fraction. The numerator (top number) is less compared to the denominator (bottom number). So, we know that this type of fraction is called proper fraction.
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Improper Fraction:
Fractions like 7/4, 17/5, 5/2 etc. are not proper fractions. These
are improper fractions. The fraction 7/7 is an improper
fraction.
The fractions 6/5,
10/3, 13/10, 15/4 are
the examples of improper fractions. The top number (numerator) is greater than
the bottom number (denominator). Such type of fractions is called improper
fractions.
Note: Every natural number can be written as a fraction in which 1 is it's denominator. For example, 2 = 2/1, 25 = 25/1, 53 = 53/1, etc. So
every natural number is an improper fraction.
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Mixed Number:
A combination of a proper fraction and a whole number is called a mixed number.
2 1/3,
4 5/2, 11 1/10 and 7 5/11
are examples of mixed fraction.
In other
words:
A
fraction which contains of two parts:
(i) a natural number and
(ii) a proper
fraction, is called a mixed number, examples: 3 2/5, 7 ¾,
etc.
In 3 2/5,
3 is the natural number part and 2/5 is the proper
fraction part.
In
fact, 3 2/5 means 3 + 2/5.
Examples:
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