What term describes a part of a whole expressed as a ratio of two integers?

What term describes a part of a whole expressed as a ratio of two integers?

• A. Fraction
• B. Percentage
• C. Quotient
• D. Mean

Answer: (A)

A fraction describes a part of a whole as a ratio of two integers. In a fraction, the numerator shows how many parts you have, and the denominator shows into how many equal parts the whole is divided. The denominator cannot be zero. For example, 3/8 means three parts out of eight equal parts of the whole. A percentage expresses the same idea on a scale of 100, but the term described by the prompt is fraction. A quotient is the result of dividing two numbers, which can be a fraction, decimal, or integer, and a mean is an average—unrelated to describing a part of a whole. So the term for a part of a whole expressed as a ratio of two integers is fraction.

A fraction describes a part of a whole as a ratio of two integers. In a fraction, the numerator shows how many parts you have, and the denominator shows into how many equal parts the whole is divided. The denominator cannot be zero. For example, 3/8 means three parts out of eight equal parts of the whole. A percentage expresses the same idea on a scale of 100, but the term described by the prompt is fraction. A quotient is the result of dividing two numbers, which can be a fraction, decimal, or integer, and a mean is an average—unrelated to describing a part of a whole. So the term for a part of a whole expressed as a ratio of two integers is fraction.