Numerator greater than denominator — lesson. Mathematics CBSE, Class 7.

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Let us consider

$\frac{6}{4}$ and

$- \frac{6}{4}$ . First, let us plot

$\frac{6}{4}$ .

Here, the numerator $6$ is greater than the denominator $4$ .
Then, we have to convert it into a mixed fraction.
A mixed fraction of $\frac{6}{4}$ is $1 \frac{2}{4}$ .
Now, let us draw a number line and plot $1, -1$ and $2, -2.$
Then the number $1 \frac{2}{4}$ has to lie somewhere between $1$ and $2$ .
Now we divide the length between $1$ and $2$ into equal parts.
The Denominator gives us the number of equal parts.
It is $4$ , so we divide it into $4$ equal parts.

The numerator tells us the number of parts starting from $1$ .
Here, it is $2$ . So we mark the point $2$ parts away from the $1$ .

Similarly,

$- \frac{6}{4}$ can be marked using the same procedure because

$- \frac{6}{4}$ is the corresponding value of

$\frac{6}{4}$ .

We know that it lies between $-1$ and $-2$ . So, we divide it into four equal parts and mark $2$ parts away from the $-1.$

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