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    Proper Fractions

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6th class > Fractions > Proper Fractions

Proper Fractions

We have now learnt how to locate fractions on a number line. Now, consider the fractions 34, 12, 910, 03, 58. Do any one of the fractions lie beyond 1? All these fractions lie to the of 1 on the numberline as they are less than 1.

In fact, all the fractions we have learnt so far are less than 1. These are proper fractions.

A proper fraction as Farida said in the previous section, is a number representing part of a whole. In a proper fraction, the denominator shows the number of parts into which the whole is divided into and the numerator shows the number of parts which have been considered. Therefore, in a proper fraction the numerator is always than the denominator.

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Now, let's talk about fractions whose denominators are more than the numerators.

Given the sample examples below try to draw the proper fractions like 15, 27,47