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Fractions are normally parts of a whole, although, in some cases whole number may be expressed as a fraction - particularly fractions that arise partway through a calculation, before they are simplified - such as 5882/17.

A decimal is simply a way of representing numbers in such a way the the place value of each digit is ten times that of the digit to its left. A decimal number may be an integer or a part of the whole (or a number comprising both).

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