Sahil writes every fraction with denominator 3 and numerator from 1 to 10, that is $\frac{1}{3}, \frac{2}{3}, ..., \frac{10}{3}$ .
How many of these are improper fractions?

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Sahil writes every fraction with denominator 3 and numerator from 1 to 10, that is 1/3, 2/3, ..., 10/3. How many of these are improper fractions?

Accepted Answer

8. Improper means numerator >= 3: that is 3/3, 4/3, 5/3, 6/3, 7/3, 8/3, 9/3, 10/3 — 8 fractions.

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