Isn't a fraction or part of something really a whole in itself?

Answer 1

Fractions, in nature, do not exist. All of mathematics is an attempt to quantify our universe. That does not mean that mathematics are bad, or stupid, or wrong.

If you have a loaf of bread and you break it in two equal parts to help feed a friend, you have 2 loafs of equal dimesions (assuming that you could break it eqally). You and your friend each have a loaf.

Having said that, I do believe in the saying, "Half a loaf is better than none."

Answer 2

By nature, a fraction is always a fraction as long as you call it "a fraction." It doesn't make sense if you say a fraction becomes a whole. The reason why you are calling a part of a whole, a fraction, is that, because you are trying to divide a whole into parts... Therefore, a fraction will always be a fraction of a whole, not unless you try to name that fraction, a whole, after that fraction has been completely separated from its whole... Heheheh

Answer 3

Yes.
A quarter of a dollar is a whole quarter.
A billionth of a second is a whole nanosecond.

Somethings cannot be physically divided, such as the earth. Still for example, the northern hemisphere as a fraction of the earth, can be defined as the whole area of earth, above the equator.

Answer 4

This philosophy of Whole and Part can be understood by a verse from Rig Veda:

It is whole.
Remove whole from whole.
What is removed is whole.
What remains is whole also.

A great verse to contemplete on for the entire life.

Answer 5

In that case a whole will consist of many many wholes ...... see the holes in the theory?

Answer 6

:)
Actually, it is the other way around:
Every whole is a part of something. :))) See the difference?