Top-heavy fractions to mixed fractions
for 4th grade
Convert these top-heavy fractions to mixed fractions
Top-heavy (vulgar) fractions to mixed fractions
Learn how to convert top-heavy or vulgar fractions to mixed fractions
It is often useful to be able to convert between so called top-heavy or "vulgar" fractions (that is, fractions where the numerator is greater than the denominator) and mixed fractions (a combination of a whole number and a proper fraction).
Examples of top-heavy fractions are:
Examples of mixed fractions are:
7¼ 9½ 21¾
To convert from a top-heavy fraction to a mixed fraction, divide the numerator of the fraction by the denominator to get the whole number part, use the remainder as the numerator of the fraction part, and the denominator of the top-heavy fraction becomes the denominator of the fraction part.
9/4 = 2 + 1/4 = 2¼
To convert in the other direction from a mixed fraction to a top-heavy or vulgar fraction try this topic: "Mixed fractions to top-heavy fractions" .
Below is a table showing the first 6 question answer pairs for the topic "Top-heavy fractions to mixed fractions" as used in the lessons for this topic. Our games and tests for the topic use these 6 items plus 10 additional question answer pairs.
The topic "Top-heavy fractions to mixed fractions" is in the category Fractions for 4th grade (ages 9 to 10).
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