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.
It will be seen from 17 that a mixed number corresponds with what is there called a mixed quantity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 Various An improper fraction is therefore equal either to an integer or to a mixed number.