1. a person or thing that obstructs. 2. the act or an instance of obstructing. 3. (Parliamentary Procedure) delay of business, esp in a legislature by means of procedural devices. 4. (General Sporting Terms) sport the act of unfairly impeding an opposing player. 5. the state or condition of being obstructed.
Mixed number. A mixed number is a whole number plus a fraction. Here are a few mixed numbers: 1 1/2 1 1/3 2 1/2 2 2/5 1 4/5 You can convert a mixed number to an improper fraction by finding the number of unit fractions in the whole number and then adding the fractional part of the whole number. This sounds hard, but it really isn't.
A mixed number is a whole number plus a piece of a number, for example, 4 1/2. A fraction is a piece of a number, for example, 1/3. The area of math that focuses only on whole numbers is sometimes called finite or discrete math. whole number is a number denoting one or more whole things. It can be contrasted with a fraction, which is a number that is used to denote quantities including part of a unit. Whole number is also called integer. However it is more common to use the term whole number in relation to fraction.