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5.06 Mixed numbers and improper fractions

Lesson

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Let's review how to identify a fraction using the shaded area of a shape.

Which of the following shows $\frac{2}{6}$26 of the area shaded?

  1. A

    B

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How to write and read mixed numbers. 

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Question 1

Write $9$9 and $1$1 half as a mixed number:

  1. $\editable{}\frac{\editable{}}{\editable{}}$

 

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This video looks at how to change a mixed number into an improper fraction, or an improper fraction to a mixed number. 

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Question 2

Rewrite $4\frac{1}{2}$412 as an improper fraction.

 

Remember!

The whole number component of a mixed number tells you how many wholes there are.  

 

Outcomes

4.NF.B.3

Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b. For example, 4/5 = 1/5 +1/5 + 1/5 + 1/5.

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