
If you need to convert a positive decimal number to a fraction please check out our Decimal To Fraction Converter. In case the ‘Improper’ radio button is chosen you will get your number in the form of improper fraction in the ‘Result’ field. Say, you can enter some mixed number in the field ‘Fraction 1’, then put \(0\) in the field ‘Fraction 2’ and choose the ‘+ (Add)’ action. Moreover, you can use our mixed numbers calculator as a mixed numbers converter. One can switch between these options even after the calculation has performed, changing the form of the result representation. The result can be represented in the form of a mixed number or improper fraction, depending on the option chosen with the help of the ‘Mixed’ and ‘Improper’ radio buttons. Mixed fractions are first converted to the improper ones, then the following formulas are employed. Our online mixed fractions calculator uses the well known math formulas to perform four basic arithmetic operations with mixed numbers. It is denoted as the sum of a non-zero integer and a proper fraction (examples: 2 1/3 = 7/3 and -1 2/7 = -9/7. Instead of the improper fractions, mixed fractions (also called mixed numbers) are often used. The fraction is called proper if the numerator is less than the denominator, and improper otherwise.

Note that the numerator and denominator are natural numbers. A common or simple fraction consists of a numerator, displayed above a line (or before a slash), that represents some number of equal parts of a whole, and a non-zero denominator, displayed below that line (or after a slash), that represents the total number of equal parts of a whole.

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