- pronunciation:
- fraek
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n
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A fraction is a number written as one number divided by another. We can write "one half" as the fraction "1/2."
"One third" looks like "1/3" as a fraction.The fraction "two-fourths" (2/4) is the same as "two divided by four." |
| related words: |
piece |
Fraction comes from a Latin word that means "a breaking into pieces." In the English spoken in the 1400s, a bone fracture was called a "fraction."