 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1827 - 588 pages
...thing into s equal parts, and take but four of those parts, there would be four parts left, ..'ml. Au improper fraction is that in which the numerator is equal to, or of greater value than the denominator : thus, ~j > ï , т> < > are improper fractions. 3rd. A compound... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1844 - 246 pages
...denominator, and the fraction is therefore less than 1, as {, ft, f f. An improper fraction, is one in which the numerator is equal- to, or greater than the denominator. In the former case, the fraction is equal to 1, — as } j, f, ]|. In the latter, it is more than 1,... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 258 pages
...denominator, and the fraction is therefore less than 1, as 2, -ft, ff. An improper fraction, is one in which the numerator is equal to, or greater than the denominator. In the former case, the fraction is equal to 1, — as -J--J-, J, J|. In the latter, it is more than... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 710 pages
...^, &c., are proper fractions. A proper fraction is always less than 1 . An Improper Fraction is one in which the numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator; thus, |, |, §, !j, are improper fractions. A Simple Fraction is a single fraction, in which there... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 300 pages
...|, &c., are proper fractions. A proper fraction is always less than 1., An Improper Fraction is one in which the numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator ; thus, |, .?, |, «, are improper fractions. A Simple Fraction is a single fraction, in which there... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1848 - 244 pages
...denominator, and the fraction is therefore less than 1, as f, /T, if. An improper fraction, is one in which the numerator is equal to, or greater than the denominator. In the former case, the fraction is equal to 1, — as }}, J, if. In the latter, it is more than 1,... | |
 | Janet Taylor - Nautical astronomy - 1851 - 674 pages
...are termed Vulgar Fractions, and are either proper or improper. A proper fraction is a fraction who*e denominator is greater than the numerator. An improper...of ciphers annexed, is called a Decimal Fraction, as-,1,,, T*3, Touo> &c- I' is> however, more usually, and more conveniently expressed by sotting down... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1860 - 180 pages
...denominator, the value is less than a unit, and the exprassion is called a proper fraction ; — but when the numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator the value is equal to or greater than a unit, and the expression is called an improper fraction. 46. Eeduce 1... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1866 - 184 pages
...the denominator, the value is less than a unit, and the expression is called a proper fraction. When the numerator is equal to, or greater than the denominator, the value is equal to, or greater than a unit, and the expression is called an improper fraction. 41. What kind... | |
 | C. Taylor - 1874 - 170 pages
...in which the numerator is less than the denominator ; as -5, 4. 6. — AN IMPROPER FRACTION is one in which the numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator ; as g, ^, £. 6. — A MIXED NUMBER consists of a whole number and a fraction ; as 4t, 7j. 1. —... | |
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An improper fraction is one in which the numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator, such as ^ , ^ , or ^ . 4. 
