Template:Frac/doc

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 not be used in science or mathematical articles, per MOS:FRAC and MOS:MATH#Fractions; use {{sfrac}} instead. To allow numerical sorting of a column containing fractions, use {{sortfrac}} instead. It is a combination of this template and {{sort}}.

{{frac|A|B|C}}

​A ^B⁄_C (integer, numerator and denominator)

{{frac|A|B}}

​^A⁄_B (numerator and denominator)

{{frac|A}}

​¹⁄_A (denominator only)

{{frac}}

​⁄ (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

• {{frac}} or ⁄ may be used to print out the fraction slash glyph " ⁄ ".

Parameters

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TemplateData for Frac

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

Template parameters

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

See also

• 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