Template:Fraction

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This template should not be substituted .

This template should not be used in science or mathematical articles, use {{sfrac }} instead.

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This template builds an alternative form of common fractions. The template takes one, two, or three parameters: the optional integer (may be signed), the optional numerator and the required denominator; in this order.

Please do not subst:itute it. This template should also not be used in certain situations; see MOS:FRAC and MOS:MATH § Fractions. For science or mathematical articles, use {{sfrac }} instead. To allow numerical sorting of a column containing fractions, use data-sort-value="X.YYY" where X.YYY is a rounded decimal equivalent. See Help:Sortable tables for more information and options. Inside citation templates, use the cleaner {{citefrac }}.

{{fraction|A|B|C}}: A+B⁄C (integer, numerator and denominator)
{{fraction|B|C}}: B⁄C (numerator and denominator)
{{fraction|C}}: 1⁄C (denominator only)
{{fraction}}: ⁄ (fraction slash only)

Examples

Numbers: 1⁄2, 1⁄3, 2⁄3, 1⁄4, 3⁄4, 1⁄5, 2⁄5, 3⁄5, 4⁄5, 1⁄6, 5⁄6, 1⁄7, 2⁄7, 3⁄7, 4⁄7, 5⁄7, 6⁄7, 1⁄8, 3⁄8, 5⁄8, 7⁄8, 1⁄16, 3⁄16, 5⁄16, 7⁄16, 9⁄16, 11⁄16, 13⁄16, 15⁄16
Units: m⁄s, km⁄h, kg·m⁄s², 1⁄s, Mbit⁄s

Notes

{{fraction}} or &frasl; may be used to print out the fraction slash glyph " ⁄ ".
For mixed fractions, in some contexts (like link targets) a "+" is generated between the whole number part and fraction part. If this is not desirable, put the whole number part outside the template, and put a non-breaking space between when the spacing is desirable. For example: "33 {{frac|1|3}}".

Parameters

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A template for displaying common fractions of the form int+num/den nicely. It supports 0–3 anonymous parameters with positional meaning.

Template parameters[Edit template data ]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
leftmost part	`1`	Denominator if only parameter supplied. Numerator if 2 parameters supplied. Integer if 3 parameters supplied. If no parameter is specified the template will render a fraction slash only.	Line	optional
middle-right part	`2`	Denominator if 2 parameters supplied. Numerator if 3 parameters supplied.	Line	optional
rightmost part	`3`	Denominator, always.	Line	optional

Wikipedia:Rendering math
{{1/2 }} (1⁄2), {{1/3 }}, {{2/3 }}, {{1/4 }}, {{3/4 }} – shorthands that use this template
{{sfrac }} (⁠1/2⁠) – displays common fractions using a vinculum (horizontal line), for scientific and mathematical text
{{su }} (^superscript
_subscript text) – to align both b=subscript & p=superscript
{{sub }} (_subscript text) – to show a subscript
{{sup }} (^superscript text) – to show a superscript
Help:Displaying a formula § Fractions, matrices, multilines
Help:Convert § Fractions
Number Forms, a Unicode block consisting primarily of vulgar fractions
OpenType fonts feature frac, CSS font-variant-numeric:diagonal-fractions
U+2215 ∕ DIVISION SLASH

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Functions
Numeral systems

Functions	elementary arithmetic precision val (value formatting) percentage
Numeral systems	{{#invoke:BaseConvert\|XtoY}} binary decimal2Base hex2dec hexadecimal octal quaternary rn roman ternary vigesimal

Conversions
convert many units (see: list) cvt abbreviated {{convert }} convinfobox {{convert }} for infoboxes bbl to t barrels of oil to tonnes long ton long hundredweights, quarters and pounds to kilograms; long tons and hundredweights to pounds and metric tons miles-chains miles and chains to kilometres linking "chains"		decdeg degrees, minutes, and seconds to decimal degrees deg2dms decimal degrees to degrees, minutes, and seconds deg2hms decimal degrees to hour angle (in hours, minutes, and seconds) hms2deg hour angle (in hours, minutes, and seconds) to decimal degrees inflation calculate inflation of Consumer Price Index-related prices pop density population density in an area track gauge railway track gauges

Notation and formatting
bigmath bigger font to match TeX `\displaystyle` (standalone formulas only) bra-ket braket bra ket bra–ket notation ceil, floor calculations :mw:Help:#expr; formatting indicators ⌈3.14⌉, ⌊3.14⌋ (no calculation performed) fraction slant fractions 3⁄5 (not for maths/science articles; use standing or upright fractions `{{sfrac}}` instead) intmath integral symbols langle rangle angbr angular brackets ldelim rdelim multiline delimiters (2–5 lines inclusive) abs absolute values (paired vertical lines) math short text-based formulas mathcal [mathematical] calligraphic font; alternative to LaTeX `\mathcal{...}`		mvar individual italicized maths variables in normal text overline underline a line set above/below a sequence of characters overarc an arc set above a sequence of characters overset underset arbitrary characters/diacritics set above/below one another pars parentheses that can be resized (∑) sfrac "standing" or upright fractions ⁠3/5⁠ (use in maths/science articles instead of`{{fraction}}`) sub sup su subscripts and superscripts tmath Wrap TeX in <math> tags tombstone symbol indicating the end of a proof val measurement values, uncertainties and units vec various overarrows, underarrows, etc.

Boxes Tags Notices
Boxes Tags arithmetic operations calculus Infobox mathematical function functions metricate undue precision units attention

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Parameters

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