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Module
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MATH
CHANGING MIXED FORMS TO IMPROPER
FRACTION’S AND VICE-VERSA

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 To the Learner

Hi! It’s nice to be with you once again kid. Here I am again
preparing another module for you. In this module you will apply your
skills of the four basic fundamental operations. Are you ready for our
today’s lesson?

Let’s Learn This

This module talks about “Changing Mixed Forms to Improper

Fractions/Improper Fractions to Mixed Forms”. It is important that you
have already mastered the four basic fundamental operations so that
you will be able to change mixed form to improper fraction and change
improper to form with speed and accuracy.

Let’s Try This

Direction: Solve the correct answer.

1. What is 36 ÷ 4?. __________

2. Divide 257 ÷ 12. Express the remainder in fraction. __________
3. What is the product of 25 x 36? ___________
4. Subtract 232 from 3076. __________
5. Add 2625 to the sum of 3097 and 6234. ___________

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 Let’s Study This

A. Changing Mixed Forms to Improper Fractions

Let’s read and understand the problem below:

Girlie helps her sister cook some bibingka. Her sister asked her
to measure 3 ½ cups of rice. Can you give another name for 3 ½?

Who cook same bibingka?

- Girlie and her sister cook some bibingka.

How many cups of rice did her sister ask to measure?

_ Her sister asked her to measure 3 ½ cups of rice?

What kind of fraction is 3 ½?

- 3 ½ is a mixed form to improper fraction?

How will you change mixed form to improper fraction?

- To change 3 ½ into improper fraction, follow the steps below:

numerator

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Here’s another example:

Change 5 ½ in improper fraction.

Changing Improper Fractions to Mixed Forms

How is 6/5 change to mixed form?

a. Given 6/5 by illustration, we have

b. 6/6 can be changed to improper fraction by following the steps

below.

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Here’s another example.

Let’s Do This

A. Directions: Change each mixed form to improper fraction

and each improper fraction to mixed form.

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 Let’s Do More

A. Directions: Write each fraction as mixed form or whole number.

Place your answer in the fruit.

B. Directions: Change improper fraction to mixed form. Write your

answer in the fruit.

Let’s Remember This

• Mixed Forms and Improper Fractions are fractions less than 1.

• How do we change mixed form to improper fraction?
- To change mixed form to improper fraction, multiply the
denominator by the whole number and then add the numerator.
Use the same denominator.
• How do we change improper fraction to mixed form?
- To change improper fraction to mixed form, divide the
numerator by its denominator. The quotient becomes the whole
number of the mixed number. The remainders become the new
numerator and then use the same denominator.

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 Let’s Test Ourselves

Directions: Read each quotient carefully and answer correctly.

1. what is 2 3 in improper fraction. ______________

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2. Change 12/8 in mixed form. _____________

3. Write 26/9 as mixed form. ___________

4. 32 9 in improper fraction is. ___________

10

5. Remove 42/5 as mixed form. _____________

6. What is the improper fraction of 10 10 ? ____________

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7. Write 5 4 as improper fraction. _____________

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8. What is 14/2 in mixed form? ____________

9. Change 4 6 in improper fraction. _____________

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10. 22/8 in mixed form is _______________

Let’s Consider This

What’s your score?

• If you got 8 – 10, Congratulation! You can now proceed to the

next module.
• If you got 6 – 7, do the “Let’s Enrich Ourselves”.
• If you got 5 and below, review the whole module.

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 Let’s Enrich
Ourselves

A. Directions: Write as improper fraction.

B. Directions: Write as a mixed form or whole number.

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 Answer Key

Let’s Try This Let’s Enrich Ourselves

Let’s Do This Let’s Do More

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Let’s Test Ourselves

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