The number below the line of a fraction is called the denominator, because it denominates, or names the parts into which the unit is divided. Social Arithmetic - Page 268by Frank Morton McMurry, Charles Beverley Benson - 1926Full view - About this book
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...expression is a fraction, because it expresses a certain number of the equal parts of a unit. Art. 6O. The number below the line of a fraction is called the denominator, because it denominates, or names the parts into which the unit is divided. The number above the line... | |
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