Proper fractions are less than one. 2 and one half equals 5/2
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Two and one half has a magnitude that is greater than 1. It is, therefore, not possible to express it as a proper fraction.
They are two proper rational fractions.
One fraction half (as in the question) looks like 0.50 or 1/2 (one over two).
No - one half plus one half equals one.
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0.5 is one half, therefore, as a fraction, it is one over two - 1/2.