Mixed number

`2\2/3` - Mixed numbers are whole numbers (integers) and a fraction combined into one mixed number.

A memory aid to remember mixed numbers

We had a room full of numbers.

We mixed them up and got:

Mix those numbers up!

Example 1

`3\1/3`

`3` whole numbers and `1/3` is a mixed number

Example 2

Example of a mixed number in picture form

The above number is a mixed number i.e. one whole circle and `1/2` a circle (in red).