CHANGING IMPROPER

FRACTIONS TO MIXED
NUMBER AND VICE VERSA
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Beng will serve 9/4 bibingka to her friends. How many

whole bibingka and fractional part of a bibingka does she
have?

Notice that there are 2 whole bibingka and ¼ of a bibingka.

→You need to change 9/4 to a mixed number.

Study the solution:

9=9÷4=21
4 4
→ Express the remainder as a fraction
 32=
5
5 5 5 2
5 5 5 5
How do you change a mixed number to an improper fraction?
Look at the example:
→ There are 17 in all.
5
By computation: 3 2 = (5 x 3) + 2 = 15 + 2 = 17
5 5 5 5
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Fill in the boxes with the correct numerator or denominator to
make each item true.
1) 3 1 = 4. 2 3 = 7. 5 3 = 23 10. 23 = 1
4 4 5 5 4 2 2

2) 6 4 = 34 5. 13 = 1 8. 72=
5 2 5 5 5

3) 4 2 = 14 6. 27 = 3 9. 9 1 = 46
3 8 8 5
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A. Write the following as improper fractions.

1) 3 4 4. 53 7. 11 5 10. 6 5
5 7 6 7

2) 73 5. 96 8. 44
5 7 7

3) 72 6. 83 9. 10 2
9 8 3
 B. Write the following as mixed numbers or whole numbers.

1) 13 4. 8 7. 21 10. 14
3 3 6 7

2) 16 5. 30 8. 24
5 79 8

3) 11 6. 18 9. 23
11 4 7