 | Silas Lawrence Loomis - Arithmetic - 1859 - 324 pages
...numerator or dividend shows the number of parts taken in the fraction, and is above the line. 114. The value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. Ho. The numerator and denominator of a fraction, taken together, are called the terms of the fraction.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 144 pages
...5 5^ 8J •? A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction written together ; as, 4f, 25i£. 76. The value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. Thus, the value of •} is two ; of -J- is one ; of •£• is one third ; &c. Bead the following... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 348 pages
...division, the numerator answering to the dividend, and the denominator to the divisor. Hence, 119. The Value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. 120. To analyze a fraction is to designate and describe its numerator and denominator. Thus, £ is... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 440 pages
...numerator answers to the dividend, and the denominator to the divisor. (Arfs. 25, 182.) Hence, 185. The value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. Thus, the value of f is two ; of \ is one ; of -J is one third, &c. Hence, 1 86. If the denominator... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...(174, III). 191. The methods of multiplying and dividing by a fraction may be deduced as follows : 1st. The value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator (1G8, I)- Hence, 2d. The numerator alone is as many times the value of the fraction, as there are units... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1861 - 496 pages
...fraction are the numerator and denominator taken together : hence, every fraction has two terms. 133. THE VALUE of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. 134. THE ANALYSIS of a fraction is the naming of its unit — its fractional unit — and the number... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1862 - 320 pages
...indicated but not performed, the numerator being the dividend, and the denominator the divisor. Hence, (a) The value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator, divided by the denominator ; thus, V- = 12 -*- 4 = 3 ; and, .-., (b) Any change in the NUMERATOR, causes a LIKE change in the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1863 - 346 pages
...9647.1895. 28. Divide the number 126.45637 by 716493.256. 162. To change a common to a decimal fraction. The value of a fraction, is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator (Art. 113). 1. Reduce f to a decimal. ANALYSIS. — If we place a decimal point after the 5, and then... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 322 pages
...indicated but not performed, the numerator being the dividend, and the denominator the divisor. Hence, (a) The value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator, divided by the denominator ; thus, -\f- = 12 -f- 4 = 3 ; and, ..., (b) Any change in the NUMERATOR causes a LIKE change in the... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
...indicate division, the numerator answering to the dividend, and the denominator to the divisor. Hence, 86. The Value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. 1. What is 1 half of 8? ANALYSIS. It is the quotient of 8 divided by 2, which is 4; or, it is a number,... | |
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The Value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. 
