 | William Scott - Arithmetic - 1854 - 232 pages
...ft 2)3 4 12 12 -=- 3= 4 2)3 2 6 12+ 4= 3 V=?512-1 1 = 12 12-Hl2= 1 3)3 1 1 1 2x2x3 = 12. . c. Since a mixed number is the sum of a whole number and a fraction (Art. 74.), if it be required to find the sum of any whole numbers, mixed numbers, and fractions, the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1863 - 346 pages
...the word of, or x . The following are compound fractions : | of I $ of ^ of i | X 3, | X i X 4. 5. A MIXED NUMBER is the sum of a whole number and a fraction. The following are mixed numbers •: 6. A COMPLEX FRACTION is one whose numerator or denominator is fractional... | |
 | Webster Wells - Arithmetic - 1893 - 382 pages
...denominator below, a horizontal line ; and when thus expressed, it is called a Common Fraction. 79. A Mixed Number is the sum of a whole number and a fraction. Thus, 5 + f , or, as it is usually written, 5|, is a mixed number. 80. Let each of the lines AB, BO,... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1894 - 204 pages
...or greater than the denominator, as |, f, ^, etc., the fraction is called an Improper Fraction. 44. A Mixed Number is the sum of a whole number and a fraction ; as, 6 + f, or 6f. 45. A fraction is another form of division, in which the numerator is the dividend... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1895 - 404 pages
...f , is written 6|. What kind of number is 6 ? What kind of number is f ? What kind of number is 6|? A Mixed Number is the sum of a whole number and a fraction. 64. What is 1 divided by 3? By 4? By 5? By 6? By 7? By 9? By 12? The Reciprocal of a number is 1 divided... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1896 - 152 pages
..., $, etc. An Improper Fraction is one whose value is equal to or greater than one, as f , f , etc. A Mixed Number is the sum of a whole number and a fraction, as 4 + f, written 4f . A fraction whose denominator is 10, 100, etc. is called a Decimal Fraction.... | |
 | George Henry Van Tuyl - Business mathematics - 1913 - 300 pages
...denominato1 is a proper fraction. 175. Improper fractions may be reduced to whole or mixed numbers. 176. A mixed number is the sum of a whole number and a fraction. Thus, 2J is a mixed number ; it is the sum of 2 and J. 177. Reduce &£- to a mixed number. 37 -5- 5... | |
 | Clarence Monroe Bookman - Arithmetic - 1914 - 268 pages
...|. An improper fraction is a fraction in which the numerator is larger than the denominator, as £. A mixed number is the sum of a whole number and a fraction, as -!.]. 63. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or a mixed number. Reduce &££• to a mixed... | |
 | Clarence Monroe Bookman - Arithmetic - 1914 - 270 pages
...f . An improper fraction is a fraction in which the numerator is larger than the denominator, as ^. A mixed number is the sum of a whole number and a fraction, as 2£. 63. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or a mixed number. Reduce -2БУ- to a mixed... | |
 | John Henry Moore, George Washington Miner - Business mathematics - 1915 - 298 pages
...improper fractions. The value of an improper fraction is always equal to or greater than one. 127. A mixed number is the sum of a whole number and a fraction. Thus, 1\ and 4f, read two anil 0ne serenth and four and two fifths, are mixed numbers. ORAL EXERCISE... | |
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The fraction, a/b, where the numerator is a and the denominator is b, implies that a is being divided by b. The denominator of a fraction can never be zero since a number divided by zero is not defined. 
