 | Alfred Kirk, Henry Holmes Belfield - Arithmetic - 1876 - 220 pages
...of one yard. There are two halves in one thing; three thirds; four fourths; five fifths; etc. 119. A. Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit, or of any number regarded as a unit. If an orange is divided equally among six boys, the part which each... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1876 - 366 pages
...multiple of 63 and 72 ? 20. What is the least common multiple of 33 and 77 ? COMMON FRACTIONS. 139. A FRACTION is one or more of the equal parts of a unit NOTB. A unit, or any other whole number, is often called an Integer, it is also called an Integral... | |
 | Edgar Arthur Singer - Mental arithmetic - 1876 - 198 pages
...unit, halves or thirds ? Fourths, or fifths? Sixths, or eighths? Ninths, or tenths? Definitions. 131* A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. Thus, 1 fourth, gfflhs, S eighths are fractions. 132* Fractions are divided into two classes: Common... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1876 - 584 pages
...take a number of these equal parts, and this is the fraction. A definition quite similar to this is, a fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. This is not incorrect, though it is preferred to use the word "number " for "one or more." It is believed... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - 1876 - 228 pages
...fourths. Apples or pears can be used, and great pains should be taken to cut them into equal pieces, since a fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. Put together the corresponding fractional parts of the apple, in each case, and ask, How many halves... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - 1876 - 358 pages
...•econd 294, the third 567, and the fourth 651 ? .' / or Dictation Exercises, see Key. FRACTIONS. IOC. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a nnit; thus, J, read three fourths, shows that a unit has been divided into four equal parts, and that... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1877 - 250 pages
...pair of gloves for $2; 20 yd. of carpet at $1.10, what is the amount of your bill ? FRACTIONS. 224=. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit, or of anything regarded as a whole. Review from Page 54 to Page 57 inclusive. 225. A Fractional Unit is one of the equal parts of a unit,... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1877 - 348 pages
...and so on. These parts of a unit, one-half, one-third, one-fourth, etc., are called fractions. 66. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. It is usually expressed by writing the numbers one above the other, with a short horizontal line between... | |
 | James S.. Eaton - 1877 - 366 pages
...multiple of 63 and 72 ? 20. What is the least common multiple of 33 and 77? COMMON FRACTIONS. 139. A FRACTION is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. NOTE. A unit, or any other whole number, is often called an Integer, it is also called an Integral... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1877 - 374 pages
...or more such parts is a fractional part of the whole number, and is called a, fraction. Hence, 113. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. 114. Te write a fraction, two integers are required, one to express the number of parts into which... | |
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Which is the smaller, fifths or thirds? Why? DEFINITIONS. 98. A. fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit, or of anything regarded as a whole.* 
