if fraction didn't exist we will never know it or learn it and never understood it :)
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Quite simply because you NEED fractions. Fractions exist everywhere whether you chose to acknowledge them or not.
You need decimals when you measure and fractions. You need decimals, because to measure and fractions. Also, so whole numbers could exist if there are decimals. There will be no math if there's no decimals.
Nowhere. Fractions and decimals - in fact mathematics - are man-made concepts. They do not actually exist in physical form. However, nowadays you would find it almost impossible to survive without their applications.
The word didnt exist until the 1600's. Even today, there is no Hebrew translation of the word.