 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...of equal parts into which a unit is divided, the LESS is the VALUE of each part. m DEFINITIONS. 153. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit ; thus, 1 half, 2 thirds, 3 fifths, are fractions. 154. A Fractional Unit is one of the equal parts... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 540 pages
...equal parts into which a unit is divided, the GREATER is the VALUE of each part. DEFINITIONS. 186. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. Thus, 1 half and 2 thirds are fractions. 187. A Fractional Unit is one of the equal parts into which... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...of equal parts into which a unit is divided, the LESS is the VALUE of each part. DEFINITIONS. 153. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit ; thus, 1 half, 2 thirds, 3 fifths, are fractions. 154. A Fractional Unit is one of the equal parts... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 180 pages
...answered that if he were twice as old, 1 third of his age would be 20 years ; how old was he ? 43. A FRACTION is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. Fractions are expressed by figures in the following manner, viz. : — £, one half. - f , two thirds.... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1876 - 588 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Edgar Arthur Singer - Mental arithmetic - 1876 - 198 pages
...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, 2 fifths, 3 eighths are fractions. 132. Fractions are divided into two classes: Common... | |
 | 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. By cutting two apples into halves, two into fourths, and two into eighths, pupils may be taught to... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...; Twenty-two twelfths ; Ten ninths. Twenty seventeenths. Forty fifty-fifths. DEFINITIONS. Art. 56. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. Art. 57. A fraction is expressed by two numbers, called the Numerator and the Denominator. The Denominator... | |
 | 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... | |
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