| William Harding Girdlestone - 1867 - 368 pages
...effected by finding some single fraction which shall express the sum of all the given fractions. It is however impossible to find such a fraction unless...endeavouring to add together two such fractions, for example f and f, so as to express their sum by a single fraction, if we did not first bring them to equivalent... | |
| Paul Allen Towne - Arithmetic - 1867 - 240 pages
...one or more than one of the equal parts of a unit. (1.) The figure or figures below the line indicate the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. It determines the name, therefore, to be applied to each part, and is called the denominator. (2.) The... | |
| William Harding Girdlestone - 1870 - 482 pages
...effected by finding some single fraction which shall express the sum of all the given fractions. It is however impossible to find such a fraction unless...number of equal parts : therefore in endeavouring to 2 3 add together two such fractions, for example - and - , so as Q 4 to express their sum by a single... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1873 - 260 pages
...the other, with a horizontal line between them ; as, | , f , f • The number below the line denotes the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. It is called the Denominator. The number above the line denotes the number of equal parts taken. It is... | |
| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 528 pages
...above the other, with a line between them. Thus, f expresses 4 fifths. 200. The Denominator denotes the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided; it is written below the line. 201. The Numerator denotes the number of equal parts which are taken ; it... | |
| Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 224 pages
...Common Fractions. 46. The number below the line is called the Denominator, because while indicating the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided, it denominates or names those parts. 47. The number above the line is called the Numerator, because it... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 282 pages
...written under the other, with a horizontal line between them; as, |, f, f. The number below the line is the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. It is the Denominator. The number above the line is the number of equal parts taken. It is the Numerator,... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 288 pages
...under the other, with a horizontal line -between them; as, |, f, •£. The number below the line is the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. It is the Denominator. Read the following fractions, and in each case tell into how many equal parts the... | |
| Christian Brothers - Arithmetic - 1888 - 484 pages
...with a short line between them ; as, f expresses 4 fifths. 85. The Denominator of a fraction denotes the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. It is written below the line. 86. The Numerator of a fraction denotes the number of equal parts taken.... | |
| Edward Brooks - Algebra - 1888 - 344 pages
...a straight line between them; as, aa — x - or ea - г 124. The Denominator of a fraction denotes the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. It is written below the line. 12Л. The Numerator of a fraction denotes the number of equal parts taken.... | |
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