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A fraction is a part of a whole of something. If a whole is 100%, and 50% is taken away, there remains 50% or a half.
The division of one number by another. Not all of one thing; it must be a smaller amount, or a fragment of the whole amount.
There cannot be a whole fraction. If it is a fraction it is not whole and if it is whole it is not a fraction.
A fraction is part of a whole number and it comes from a Latin word meaning broken part.
When multiplying a fraction by a whole number, you should rewrite the whole number as a fraction. Do this by placing the number over a denominator of one.