improper fraction

1. 1.

   a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator

   Broaderfraction

Questions about improper fraction

What does improper fraction mean?

improper fraction means "a fraction whose numerator is larger than the denominator".

Is improper fraction a common word?

improper fraction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.