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minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days ago Convert percentage to fraction, i.e, 80% become 0.8 That’s not a fraction. ⅘ is a fraction.
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-221 days agoYou know we say “a fraction of something” with a number(usually between 1 and zero) often denoted by letter epsilon. 4/5 equals 0.8 so there is nothing wrong in calling that a fraction too Edit: Its called Decimal Fractions
minus-squareNakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoThis is just annoying pedantry you know what they meant.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoIn a thread about being clear in mathematics…
That’s not a fraction.
⅘ is a fraction.
You know we say “a fraction of something” with a number(usually between 1 and zero) often denoted by letter epsilon. 4/5 equals 0.8 so there is nothing wrong in calling that a fraction too
Edit: Its called Decimal Fractions
This is just annoying pedantry you know what they meant.
In a thread about being clear in mathematics…