Is three halves (3/2) a fraction?
I understand there may be a more accurate name for this kind of number (improper fraction?) which would be interesting to know. But that isn't what I'm after me, I don't really care if it belongs to a subset or other-set of numbers. I desire to know if it (3/2) can be called a fraction.
Hopefully there is a defintive answer for this rather than mere opinion.
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$\begingroup$Yes, $3/2$ is a fraction. Any number of the form $$\frac{a}{b}$$ given that $a$ and $b$ are whole numbers, i.e. integers, is called a fraction. The more significant thing about the number $3/2$ is that it is not an integer. It is a rational number, and a rational number is a number of the form as described above.
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