{"id":457,"date":"2012-01-19T14:42:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T14:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/?p=457"},"modified":"2014-12-02T08:33:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T08:33:50","slug":"conversion-between-mixed-fractions-and-improper-fractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/conversion-between-mixed-fractions-and-improper-fractions\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversion between Mixed Fractions and Improper Fractions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fraction consists of two numbers. The number on top is called numerator and the number on the bottom is called denominator, written as:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/frac.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-341\" src=\"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/frac.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"61\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An improper fraction has numerator greater than denominator e.g 8\/5, 9\/2<\/p>\n<p>A mixed fraction is consist of a integer and a proper fraction e.g 3 4\/6<\/p>\n<p>Improper fraction and mixed fraction are interchangeable.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Improper fraction to mixed fraction<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To convert an improper fraction to a mixed fraction, the following steps are followed:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Divide numerator (N) by the denominator (D) which will result into a whole number quotient (Q) and a remainder ( R).<\/li>\n<li>Write down the whole number quotient (Q) and remainder (R) above the denominator (D).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The remainder becomes the numerator of fraction part and the denominator remains same as that of improper fraction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/imp-frc-to-mixd-frc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-458\" src=\"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/imp-frc-to-mixd-frc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mixed fraction to Improper fraction<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To convert a mixed fraction to an improper fraction, the following steps are followed:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Multiply the denominator (D) and the whole number (W) part.<\/li>\n<li>Add the numerator (N) to the product of step 1.<\/li>\n<li>Write the result of step 2 on the top of the original denominator (D).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/mxd-frac-to-imp-frac.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-459\" src=\"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/mxd-frac-to-imp-frac.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SchoolTutoring Academy is the premier educational services company for K-12 and college students. We offer tutoring programs for students in K-12, AP classes, and college. To learn more visit <a href=\"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\">SchoolTutoring Academy.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fraction consists of two numbers. The number on top is called numerator and the number on the bottom is called denominator, written as: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; An improper fraction has numerator greater than denominator e.g 8\/5, 9\/2 A mixed fraction is consist of a integer and a proper fraction e.g 3 4\/6 Improper fraction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[918,919,1129,1130,1131],"class_list":["post-457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fractions-2","category-math-fundamentals","tag-improperfractiontomixedfraction","tag-improperfractiontomixednumber","tag-mixedfractiontoimproperfraction","tag-mixednumberandimproperfractions","tag-mixednumbertoimproperfraction"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}