Question

How will you write ‘eleven and a quarter’ as a fraction?

Answer 1

Hint: First we know that fraction represents a part of the whole.
Consider three parts out of the total four. It is expressed as – $\dfrac{3}{4}$ .

Complete step-by-step solution:
Eleven is written as $11$ .
Fraction is a part of a whole number, and a way to split up a number into equal parts.
The fraction $\dfrac{1}{2}$ this is a fraction. It means if you cut something into two pieces and you only take one of those pieces away, that represents $\dfrac{1}{2}$ . How do you write it down in terms of words? Well $\dfrac{1}{2}$ is written like – half.
$\dfrac{3}{4}$ It means three out of four pieces. This is written as three fourths.
$\dfrac{1}{4}$ it means one out of four pieces. This is written as one fourth.
A quarter is $\dfrac{1}{4}$ , a quarter means a fourth.
Eleven and a quarter is,
Eleven $ \Rightarrow $ the number is $11$
Quarter $ \Rightarrow $the quarter is $\dfrac{1}{4}$
And then the eleven number is multiplied by the quarter.
Mixed fraction has the whole number, numerator and denominator. A number is written on the left-hand side of the fraction – it is called the whole number. The whole number, along with the fraction is called mixed fraction.
Whole number is $11$
Numerator is $1$
Denominator is $4$
Mixed fraction \[{\text{ = Whole number}}\dfrac{{{\text{Numerator}}}}{{{\text{Denominator}}}}\]

Now, we write it as a mixed fraction, $11\dfrac{1}{4}$.

Note: Some real-life examples of fraction are as follows:
Pizza: A pizza is divided into six equal parts. These parts together make up the whole pizza.
Cooking: While cooking, we measure the ingredients using a spoon. We say three-fourth of a cup.