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22 CHAPTER 1 Fractions
Compound Fractions
Remember what a fraction is—the division of the numerator by the
denominator. For example, 15 is another way of saying ‘‘15 3.’’ A com-
3
pound fraction, a fraction where the numerator or denominator or both are
not whole numbers, is merely a fraction division problem. For this reason
this section is almost the same as the section on fraction division.
Examples
2 2 1 2 6 12
3 ¼ ¼ ¼ ¼ 4
1 3 6 3 1 3
6
1 2 3 3
¼ 1 ¼ 1 ¼
2 3 2 2
3
8 8 8 1 8
9
¼ 5 ¼ ¼
5 9 9 5 45
Practice
3
1: ¼
5
9
8
2: ¼
4
3
5
3: 7 ¼
2
4
4: 11 ¼
2
10
5: 27 ¼
4
7
