Rational number.
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Historically, any number that did not represent a whole was called a "fraction". The numbers that we now call "decimals" were originally called "decimal fractions"; the numbers we now call "fractions" were called "vulgar fractions", the word "vulgar" meaning "commonplace". The word is also used in related expressions, such as continued fraction and algebraic fraction-see Special cases below.
A proper fraction is but mixed fractions, which are also often called fractions, are greater than 1.
If the numerator and the denominator is an integer, then it is also called a "rational number".
Mixed numbers, sometimes called mixed fractions.
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