What is the difference between a rational number and a fraction?

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A rational number is a number that can be expressed as a fraction, which is a ratio of two integers.

A rational number can be written in the form of a/b, where a and b are integers and b is not zero.
A fraction is a representation of a rational number, where the numerator and denominator are integers.
All fractions are rational numbers, but not all rational numbers are fractions.
Examples of rational numbers: 1/2, -3/4, 5/1
Examples of fractions: 3/5, -2/7, 1/1

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A fraction has a numerator and a denominator

Where as a rational number also has a numerator and denominator, but the denominator can be 1 as well. That means whole numbers, Natural numbers and integers are also rational numbers