Question

needing help with my fractions that i have to make improper, mixed numbers and lowest rates

Answer 1

you got any questions ?

Answer 2

yes i do and i just can't get it down

Answer 3

You just can't get it down ? you can't understand it, or you just can't post the question.

Answer 4

both

Answer 5

ok just so that you know what i am doing i am in my GED book studying the decimals and fractions

Answer 6

do you know how to turn mixed numbers into improper fractions ?

Answer 7

no i dont

Answer 8

thats the hard part because i never had a math class that taught me this so now that i am getting my GED i dont understand it

Answer 9

Let us begin..lol

2 1/4 -- take the whole number (2) and multiply it by the denominator (4), then add that to the numerator (1), then put the whole thing over the original denominator.
Thus giving us : 9/4 (an improper fraction)

Those are the basic steps for turning a mixed number into an improper fraction.

1 2/3 = (1 x 3 + 2) / 3 = 5/3
3 3/8 = (3 x 8 + 3) / 8 = 27/8
starting to understand ?

Answer 10

im understanding...yes

Answer 11

if you didn't know...an improper fraction is when the numerator is larger then the denominator

Answer 12

what about adding,subtracting,multiplying,dividing fractions ? Do you know how to do those ? Do you need to know ?

Answer 13

so for the ones that i have in my book are adding and subtracting

Answer 14

One very important rule about adding and subtracting fractions...it can only be done if they have the same denominator.

Answer 15

Let me ask you this.. are you familiar with equivalent fractions ?

Answer 16

i seems to keep getting the wrong answer for these and i need help finding a strategy to hep me solve it . like steps that i can remember