There is no whole number but there is a decimal. You divide 1 by 3 and you end up with 0.3 repeating.
The LCM refers to whole numbers and you need at least two of them.
Factors refer to whole numbers, not fractions.
Two thirds are left after you take one third from a whole.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
No. One half is positive but not whole.
One third is not a whole number.
1 whole, or 1
No. One half is positive but not whole.
No, it is not.
A whole lot of numbers! The simplest example would probably be 0.3. To be exact, there exist uncountably infinitely many real numbers between any 2 distinct real numbers.
-- Cut the whole thing into three identical pieces. -- Each piece is one third of the whole thing. -- If the whole thing is a number, divide the number by 3 to find one third of it.
how is 1/3 of a set and 1/3 of a whole the same and different