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improper fraction

noun

Mathematics.
  1. a fraction having the numerator greater than the denominator.


improper fraction

noun

  1. a fraction in which the numerator has a greater absolute value or degree than the denominator, as 7 6 or ( x ² + 3)/( x + 1)
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improper fraction

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  1. A fraction in which the numerator is greater than or equal to the denominator, such as 3 2 .
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Origin of improper fraction1

First recorded in 1535–45
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When 12-year-old Nina Mones was in sixth grade last year, she struggled to keep up with her math class, getting stuck on improper fractions.

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Hunched over the desk, he settled down to sort out improper fractions.

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Rather logically, fractions that fall into this camp are called “improper fractions.â€

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After decades of rote learning, children would become nimble thinkers equipped for the modern age, capable of unraveling improper fractions and drawing connections between Lincoln and Pericles.

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Reduction of a mixed number to an improper fraction.

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