1. Changing Improper Fractions to Mixed Fractions
Learning Objective 7n2.2

2. 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:

3. Is This an Improper Fraction?19 10
YES!!!!

4. What is a Mixed Fraction?
A Mixed Fraction is a whole number and a proper fraction combined, such as 1 3/4.

5. 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

6. Next you divide the top number by the bottom number
Now that we know 8 is an improper 5
fraction we can divide 8 by goes into 8, 1 time with 3 left over.

7. We take the remaining 3 and make it into a fraction
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

8. Practice
Are these improper fractions? If so change it into a mixed fractions.

9. Practice
Answers YES

10. Practice
Are these improper fractions? If so change it into a mixed fraction.

11. Answers
Yes No
2 2 5

12. 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.
1 4 5