Question

is this a proper or improper fraction 21/16

Answer 1

improper because the numerator (top number) is bigger than the denominator (bottom umber)

to make it a proper fraction it would be 1 and $\frac{5}{16}$

or at least that is what i concluded from what i remember

Answer 2

Proper fraction is a fraction that is greater than 0 but less than 1.

Improper fraction has a numerator that is greater than or equal to the denominator.

In this case,  numerator is 21 and denominator is  16.
The numerator is greater than denominator; so it's improper fraction.