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the egyptians were the people who first discovered fractions.
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.
They use math becsuse they were the ones who discovered math like fractions, adding, subtracting, and dividing
The Babylonians had not discovered fractions and 60 is a fairly low number which can be factorised by many numbers which made it useful.
There are three types of fractions that are used in mathematics. The three types of fractions are, mixed fractions, proper fractions, and improper fractions.