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Hai calcolato la frazione esatta?

Hai calcolato la frazione esatta?
Did you calculate the exact fraction?
From Lesson 255:Fractions and multipliers (la metà, il doppio)·Italian

Breakdown of Hai calcolato la frazione esatta?

avere
to have
esatto
exact
calcolare
to calculate
la frazione
the fraction

Questions & Answers about Hai calcolato la frazione esatta?

How do we know that frazione is feminine?
In Italian, nouns ending in -zione (like frazione, stazione, or lezione) are almost always feminine. That is why it uses the article la and the feminine adjective esatta.
Does frazione only mean a mathematical fraction?
No, just like in English, frazione can refer to a math term or just mean a small part of something (for example, una frazione di secondo means 'a split second'). However, if you want to name specific fractions like 'half' or 'a third', you use the specific terms you are learning in this lesson, like la metà or un terzo.
Since la frazione is feminine, why doesn't the verb change to match it (hai calcolata)?
Because the helping verb is avere (hai). When using avere, the past participle (here, calcolato) usually stays in its default -o form. It would only change to -a if you replaced the noun with a direct object pronoun before the verb, like Sì, l'hai calcolata (Yes, you calculated it).
Could I put the adjective first and say l'esatta frazione?
You could, but it sounds much less natural here. In Italian, descriptive and categorizing adjectives generally go after the noun to state an objective fact. Putting esatta before the noun would give it a more stylistic or literary feel, which doesn't fit well with a dry, mathematical sentence!

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