10/48 = 5/24
The upper portion of a fraction is called the numerator.
A portion of a whole is a fraction of it.
A fraction represents a portion of a whole item.
The fraction itself.
The mixed number consists of a whole number and a fraction. Multiply the denominator of the fraction portion by the whole number and to this product add the numerator of the fraction portion. This value is the numerator of the new improper fraction. The denominator of the new improper fraction is the same as the denominator of the original fraction portion of the mixed number.
Fraction.
A portion of one.
the denominator
1 mile is 5280 ft, so (512 ft)/(5280 ft) = 512/5280 = 16/165 [simplest fraction] which is approximately 9.7%
a portion that represents the whole
The numerator
To simplify 3.40 as a mixed number, we can recognize that the decimal portion 0.40 is equivalent to 40/100 or 2/5 in fraction form. Thus, 3.40 as a mixed number is 3 and 2/5.