Answer: 8/5
Explanation:
An improper fraction is a fraction, like 5/4, where the numerator exceeds the denominator.
Lets break this down:
1 3/5
The 1 above represents the amount 5/5.
That is the same concept when looking at any fraction with one next to it in a mixed fraction: For example:
1 2/3, the 1 represents 3/3.
Back to our fraction: 1 3/5
we need to make it an improper fraction, and to do that we need to change the 1 back to 5/5 and add it to 3/5.
You'll get 8/5.
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Other examples of conversion mixed number into improper fractions
1 2/3
3/3 + 2/3 = 5/3
2 6/7
2 represents that there are 2 of 7/7
so 2 would be 14/7
14/7 + 6/7 = 20/7
1 25/43
43/43 + 25/43 = 68/43