A fraction of something is an amount that is less than whole of it.#
Both 26 and 58 are greater than 1 so are not fractions in that sense.
A fraction is really a portion of something. If you divide an apple into 4 equally sized segments, then you have divided a whole apple into 4 parts. The whole apple is a single apple, so the quantity of apples is 1.
Each segment is a fraction of the fraction of the whole apple - a fraction of 1.
We represent this with the quantity, 1, with a line underneath to indicate that it has been divided into parts. The number of parts goes underneath :
1
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4
So each of the 4 segments of the is one fourth of the whole apple. We normally call it one quarter.
If we had
1
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26
and
1
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58
Then we would have fractions - one 26th of a whole and one 58th of a whole.
If you divide something into more parts, then each part is going to be smaller. So 1/58 is smaller than 1/26.
# But 26 and 58 on their own are not fractions in the sense I have given.
However, you can treat them as fractions :
26
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1
and
58
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1
This is because 1 part of any number is that number. In this sense, these numbers are fractions, and 58 is the largest of the two.
5/2
58 is an integer and not a fraction. However, it can be expressed in rational form as 58/1.
58 + 25 is an integer, not a fraction.
58 is an integer and so there is no sensible way of expressing it as a fraction.
58 is an integer and so there is no sensible way of writing it as a improper fraction.
Basically, 58% means 58/100. To get a larger fraction, you can replace any larger number in the numerator - or any smaller number in the denominator.
If you make it in to a decimal is 26(=26 100th) and .25(=1 4th)
5/2
26/1000
58 is an integer, not a fraction and there is no sensible way to express it as a fraction.
58 is an integer and not a fraction. However, it can be expressed in rational form as 58/1.
58 + 25 is an integer, not a fraction.
.58 as a fraction is 58/100. In lowest terms it is 29/50.
58 is an integer and so there is no sensible way of expressing it as a fraction.
The fraction would be 58/60 which can be reduced to 29/30.
58 is an integer and so there is no sensible way of writing it as a improper fraction.
26/58 = 13/29 or = 0.4482758620689655