 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1889 - 196 pages
...Fraction is one having a single integral numerator and denominator ; as, f, -}-f, £-§. ART. 113. — A Compound Fraction is a fraction of a fraction ; as, -f of £ ; -J of -!}. ART. 114. — A Complex Fraction is one whose numerator or denominator or both are... | |
 | Charles Austin Hobbs - Arithmetic - 1889 - 362 pages
...is an integer and a fraction expressed together ; as 6T77, which is read six and seven fifteenths. A compound fraction is a fraction of a fraction ; as f of T5T. A complex fraction is one which has a fraction in one or 6 3 both of its terms; as -, -£. £... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1895 - 424 pages
...Fraction is a simple fraction whose value is equal to or greater than a unit ; as, |, £, -'g4, etc. 123. A Compound Fraction is a fraction of a fraction ; as, f of |, f of f of I, etc. 124. An Integer is a number of entire units. The word Number, as generally used,... | |
 | Edwin Crawford Hewett - Arithmetic - 1897 - 370 pages
...6. A complex fraction is one that has a fraction in one or both of its terms, as ^~, .£-?, ~^. 7. A compound fraction is a fraction of a fraction, as f of ^. 8. A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction joined together; it is two numbers, as 4f, which... | |
 | Samuel Wesley Baird - Arithmetic - 1901 - 388 pages
...complex fractions. They are read : 7 divided by | ; 4| divided by 7 ; 7| divided by 25| ; etc. 148. A Compound Fraction is a fraction of a fraction; as f of ^ ; | of I of UREDUCTION OF FRACTIONS 149. Reduction of Fractions is an operation to change the form... | |
 | John Alexander Luman - Arithmetic - 1914 - 366 pages
...whole or mixed number. 178. A simple fraction consists of a single fraction; as, five sixths ($). 179. A compound fraction is a fraction of a fraction; as, f of f of f; i of |. 180. A complex fraction is one whose numerator or denominator, or both, con31 3 tain... | |
 | Thomas Theodore Goff - Business mathematics - 1923 - 344 pages
...is one in which either or both of the 81 91 terms are not whole numbers; as, -rz, -TTT, etc. 12 10^ A compound fraction is a fraction of a fraction; as, f of |, etc. An improper fraction is one in which the numerator equals or exceeds the denominator; as, |,... | |
 | Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 216 pages
...fraction is when the numerator is eitner equal to, or greater than the denominator, as f , J-, 2T°, &c. A compound fraction is a fraction of a fraction, as f of 3, £ of-frofi-f.&C. A mixed fraction is a whole number and fraction united, as 8§, 4|, 120|, &c.... | |
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An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as... 
