 | Richard Nelson - Arithmetic - 1867 - 304 pages
...three former at present. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator, as -£. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator, « *. ?• 71. A simple fraction is a single fraction, and may be proper or improper,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1867 - 204 pages
...numbers. A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as -J-, f, A. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator; as, |, J. A simple fraction is a fraction which has but one numerator and one denominator,... | |
 | William Harding Girdlestone - 1867 - 368 pages
...the denominator.* Def. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than the denominator. Def. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator. f Def. A compound fraction is a fraction of a fraction, as f of f : where f is the... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1867 - 148 pages
...Eeduce -/£$. Ans. -£$. 14. Eeduce |§. -4?^s. |. 15. Eeduce J-||. -4ws. f. Improper Fractfioms. 120. An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator. 121. An improper fraction may be reduced to a whole or mixed number. EXAMPLES. —... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 168 pages
...mixed numbers. A. proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as, 1, f, £. An improper fraction is one, whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, f , £. A simple fraction is a fraction which has but one numerator and one denominator,... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1868 - 154 pages
...the numerator is less than the denominator, as §, §, T9T, &c. 2. An IMPROPER FRACTION is when the numerator is equal to, or greater than, the denominator, as f, |f, 1f7, &c. 3. A COMPOUND FRACTION is the fraction of a fraction, as £ of § of £, &c. 4. A MIXED NUMBER... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1869 - 348 pages
...divided ; as, -J, \ . A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as, -J, -f. An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, f , -f . A Mixed Number is one that consists of a whole number and a fraction... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 204 pages
..."TT" TT Art. 60. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as, f, I, iAn Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator; as, §, f, ?. FRACTIONS. Art. 61. RULE. — To reduce an improper fraction to an integer or mixed number, Divide... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...Common Fractions are Proper or Improper. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as, %, f . An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator. The value of a proper fraction is less than one ; and the value of an improper fraction... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1870 - 336 pages
...A Proper Fraetion is one whose numerator is less than the denominator ; as, ^. An Improper Fraetion is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, the denominator ; as, f , f . A Mixed Nnmber is a whole number with a fraction; as, 7T6T, 5f. A Simple or Single Fraetion has but... | |
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An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, $, -f . A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction expressed together; as, 4f, 25-ht. 
