Relate Whole Numbers to Fractions (2024)

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How do you compare a whole number to a fraction? ›

When comparing fractional numbers to whole number, convert the fraction to a decimal number by division and compare the numbers. To compare decimal numbers to a whole number, start with the integer portion of the numbers. If one is larger then that one is the larger number.

A fraction is a part of a whole where the denominator represents the total number of equal parts the whole is divided into and the numerator represents the number of equal parts out of the total parts.

Since a fraction is a part of a whole, a whole number can be written as a fraction by writing the whole number in the numerator and 1 in the denominator. The 1 represents that the number was already a whole number and did not need to be divided into parts. Any whole number can be written as a fraction in this way.

Fractions are not included in whole numbers but whole numbers can be written as fractions by representing it as a fraction with denominator as 1. Yes a fraction can be a whole number when it can be represented in the form of p/q with the value of q = 1.

Fractions are written in the form of p/q, where q≠0, while in decimals, the whole number part and fractional part are connected through a decimal point, for example, 0.5. Fractions and decimals represent the relationship of part by whole. In both fractions and decimals, we represent the whole by 1.

Step 1: Write the factors of numerator and denominator. Step 2: Determine the highest common factor of numerator and denominator. Step 3: Divide the numerator and denominator by their highest common factor (HCF). The fraction so obtained is in the simplest form.