Understanding Fractions and Mixed Numbers

This lesson teaches how to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers by renaming fractional parts that represent a whole. Using a pizza shop example, the video explains how to identify whole parts in improper fractions and simplify them. It also covers problem-solving strategies for converting fractions and emphasizes the importance of simplifying fractions when necessary.

What is an improper fraction?

• A fraction where the numerator is smaller than the denominator

• A fraction where the numerator is equal to the denominator

• A fraction where the numerator is greater than the denominator

• A fraction that cannot be simplified

How can you rename a whole pizza divided into four equal parts as a fraction?

• 3/4

• 1/4

• 4/4

• 2/4

If you have 8/6 of a pizza, how many whole pizzas do you have?

• 1 and 1/3

• 2

• 1 and 2/6

• 1 and 1/6

What is the simplified form of 2/6?

• 1/2

• 2/3

• 1/3

• 1/6

What is the greatest common factor of 2 and 6?

• 2

• 1

• 6

• 3

Which improper fraction is equivalent to 1 and 1/2?

• 8/4

• 6/4

• 5/4

• 3/2

What is the result of dividing the numerator 8 by the denominator 4?

• 2

• 1

• 4

• 3

Which option is not an improper fraction?

• 1/2

• 5/4

• 6/4

• 8/4

What is the equivalent mixed number for 6/4?

• 1 and 1/4

• 2

• 1 and 1/2

• 1 and 3/4

What is an alternate strategy to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers?

• Addition

• Viewing fractions as division problems

• Subtraction

• Multiplication