improper fraction
a fraction having the numerator greater than the denominator.
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How to use improper fraction in a sentence
The Rate-payers will be grateful for even a fraction of a penny, so long as it is not an improper fraction.
An improper fraction is therefore equal either to an integer or to a mixed number.
After all I did not care an improper fraction whether I stayed or went: let the gods decide.
The Professor's Mystery | Wells Hastings
British Dictionary definitions for improper fraction
a fraction in which the numerator has a greater absolute value or degree than the denominator, as 7/6 or (x ² + 3)/(x + 1)
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Scientific definitions for improper fraction
[ ĭm-prŏp′ər ]
A fraction in which the numerator is greater than or equal to the denominator, such as 32. Compare proper fraction.
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