Convert Mixed Numbers to Improper Fractions Using Diagrams

What type of number contains a whole number and a fractional part?

• Proper Fraction

• Whole Number

• Mixed Number

• Improper Fraction

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

What type of number has a larger numerator than its denominator?

• Proper Fraction

• Whole Number

• Mixed Number

• Improper Fraction

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2B

A mixed number and its equivalent improper fraction will have the same __________.

• numerator

• denominator

• whole number

• fraction

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.3C

What is wrong with improper fractions?

• It's wrong to have a larger numerator than denominator.

• Mixed numbers are more useful.

• They aren't used in higher level math.

• Nothing is wrong with them! Improper is just the name they were given.

How would you write 1 3/4 as an improper fraction?

• 3/4

• 8/4

• 7/4

• 7/1

How would you write 1 2/3 as an improper fraction?

• 5/3

• 6/3

• 5/1

• 5/6

How would you write 3 5/8 as an improper fraction?

• 35/8

• 29/8

• 20/8

• 24/8

Three pizzas are cut into 4 slices each. One slice is eaten so that 2 3/4 pizzas remain. How would you write that as an improper fraction?

• 23/4

• 9/4

• 11/4

• 1/4

Which is correct?

• 2 and 5/8 = 21/8

• 2 and 5/8 = 25/8

• 3 and 5/8 = 21/8

• 3 and 5/8 = 25/8

Which is the correct way to convert a mixed number to an improper fraction?

• Multiply all of the parts together.

• Multiply the numerator by the denominator, and add the whole number.

• Multiply the whole number by the denominator, and add the numerator.

• Multiply the whole number by the numerator, and add the denominator.