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Fractions are parts of a whole, i.e., they represent a section of a collection. The word fraction comes from ‘fractio,’ a Latin word that means ‘to break.’ The Egyptians used fractions to solve mathematical problems, including dividing food and supplies. Ancient Romans wrote fractions as words and not numbers. Indians first wrote fractions as numbers that appeared as one number above another. The Arabs were the first to add the line between the numbers differentiating them as numerators and denominators.