| John Davidson, Robert Scott (writing master) - Arithmetic - 1818 - 190 pages
...number below the line is called the denominator, and shows into how many equal parts the whole or unity is divided : the number above the line is called the numerator, and shows how many of these parts the fraction represents. The numerator and denominator are also called the terms of... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...number under the line is called the denominator, and shows into how many equal parts the whole quantity is divided. The number above the line is called the numerator and shows how many of those parts are expressed by the fraction. Example. 1 yard and |. Here the denominator 3 shows that... | |
| Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...-§•. i and •!£. The number below the line is called the denominator, and expresses the number of parts into which the unit is divided. The number above...the line is called the numerator, and shows how many of those parts are contained in the fraction ; thus, the meaning; of the expression, -| «'fa bushel,... | |
| Andrew Bell (writer on mathematics.) - 1839 - 500 pages
...quantity is unity divided by that quantity.1 Thus, - is the reciprocal of a. (ti (121.) 'The denominator shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided, and the numerator shows the number of those parts that are to be taken.1 3 Thus, in the fraction ^,... | |
| Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 326 pages
...and the other above a short horizontal line. The number below the line is called the denominator, and shows the number of equal parts into which the unit...the line is called the numerator, and shows how many of these equal parts are included in the fraction, or make up its value. Thus of the fraction | , the... | |
| Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 316 pages
...fraction in its numerator or denominator, or both, as, -J. =-, ^, &c. •> rt '"'?. 3. The denominator shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided ; and the numerator, how many of these parts are expressed in the fraction. Consequently, the greater... | |
| Charles Bathurst (schoolmaster.) - 1842 - 158 pages
...The number below the line is called the denominator and shews into how many equal parts the integer is divided. The number above the line is called the numerator and shews how many of those equal parts are expressed by the fraction. Thus £ means that an integer, or... | |
| George Hutton (arithmetic master, King's coll. sch.) - 1844 - 276 pages
...it may be sufficient at present to understand that a fraction is expressed by two numbers, of which the number above the line is called the Numerator, and shows how many parts of the unit are contained in the fraction ; and the number below the line is called the Denominator,... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1845 - 310 pages
...generally, a fraction must be expressed by two numbers one above another. The lower number denotes the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. The upper number shows bow many of these equal parts are taken. Hence, as the lower number of a fraction... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 402 pages
...number below the line is called the denominator, and shows into how many parts the number or thing is divided. The number above the line is called the...shows how many parts are expressed by the fraction. Thus in the fraction f, the denominator 3, shows that the number is divided into three equal parts... | |
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