Proper Fractions

A Proper Fraction has a top number

less than its bottom number
3

/8

(Three-Eighths)

Examples
3

/8

/4

14

/ 15

/5

See how the top number is smaller than the bottom number in each example? That makes it a Proper
Fraction.

Mixed Fractions

(Also called "Mixed Numbers")

3
1
4

(one and three-quarters)

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

Examples
2 3/8

7 1/4

14

/ 15

21 4/ 5

See how each example is made up of a whole number and a proper fraction together? That is why it is
called a "mixed" fraction (or mixed number).

Names
We can give names to every part of a mixed fraction:

Three Types of Fractions

There are three types of fraction:

Improper Fractions

7
4

(seven-fourths or seven-quarters)

An Improper Fraction has a top number larger than (or equal to) the bottom number.

It is "top-heavy"