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Imagine you have 7 slices of pizza, and each whole pizza is cut into 4 equal pieces.
How many full pizzas do you have, and how many extra slices are left over?
An improper fraction has a top number (numerator) that is bigger than or equal to the bottom number (denominator), like 74\frac{7}{4}.
A mixed number combines whole numbers and a fraction together, like 1341\frac{3}{4}.
How can we change a big top-heavy fraction into whole pizzas and leftover parts using simple division?

From Improper Fraction to Mixed Number

The fraction bar means divide, so 74\frac{7}{4} means 7 divided by 4.
When you divide, the answer is your whole number, and the remainder becomes the new top number.
Let's try another one: convert 113\frac{11}{3} into a mixed number.
Divide 11÷3=311 \div 3 = 3 with a remainder of 22, which gives 3233\frac{2}{3}.
What if we have a mixed number like 2132\frac{1}{3} and want to turn it back into single slices?