let say for example you have 7 fifths. There are 5 fiths in a whole. You still have two fifths remaining and therfore the fraction becomes 1 and 2 fifths (1 2/5).
do you mean from a fraction to a decimal? improper fractions can be changed into mixed numbers... 40/11 = 3 7/11 but proper fractions can only be changed to decimals... 11/40 = .275 this is because...
you take the bottom number times it by how many whole pieces there are then add the top. like this: 3 1- 4 four times one is four plus three is seven so you have seven fourths
An improper fraction is what I call a 'top-heavy' fraction. If the fraction is 38/6, the top is too big and you have to fix it so that it's not all top heavy. The way you do that, is that the big...