Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Fraction and its types

Let's learn all about fractions in today's post.

What is a fraction? A fraction is a rational number having one numerator and a denominator.

What does fraction represents? Fractions represents ratio, decimals and percentages.

Types of fractions: There are three types of fractions: proper fraction, improper fraction and mixed fraction.

Proper fraction: A fraction where numerator is smaller than the denominator.
Improper fraction: A fraction where denominator is smaller than the numerator.
Mixed fraction: A fraction formed of a whole number and a fraction.

Fraction operations: There are different operations involved with fractions: ordering fractions, comparing fractions, reducing fractions, adding, subtracting multiplying and dividing fractions and so on.

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