Remember that fractions are used to
count a part of something.
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of this square is
red. |
Mixed numbers are used when you need
to count whole things AND parts of things at the same time.
Check this out:
How much of these squares is
red?
There are
3
whole squares and 
of another square...
We write it like this:
and read it like "three
and one fourth."
It's really
But, we don't put the "+"
in... This is why we say the "and."
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