ANSWERS:
Improper fraction
Improper fraction
Numerator, denominator
19
20
REDUCING IMPROPER FRACTIONS
An improper fraction may be reduced to a mixed number.
Example: Reduce the improper fraction 32 to a mixed number.
7
We divide the denominator into the numerator.
The denominator is
.
The numerator is
.
So, we divide
into
.
4
__4 _ 4
____
_
(1) ) 3 2
) 32 7
7
(2) 7
28
28
4 remainder
4
The remainder is 4.
7
Reducing 32 to a mixed number, we have 32 =
7
7
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