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).