IN MATH: 1. n. a number written in a form having an integer part and a fractional part where the fractional part is written as a fraction. EX. The number four and three-tenths may be written as the decimal number 4.3. (Numbers like 4.3 were once called mixed decimals.)

IN ENGLISH: 1. as defined above.

APPLICATION: (see list 20)

Write as mixed numbers:
1. 4/3
2. 5.7
3. 18/7

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