 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 458 pages
...3. 210. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than the denominator ; as f, §, £. 211 1 An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, the denominator ; as $, ty, JB4. 212. A mixed number is a whole number with a fraction ; as 3£, 16fe 90&. 213. A simple... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1858 - 400 pages
...mixed numbers. A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as |, f , f . 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 hut one numerator and one denominator,... | |
 | David Price - Arithmetic - 1858 - 264 pages
...f-TJ'etc2. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator; as, j, •', f, f, etc. 3. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, its denominator ; as, f, f , f , J, etc. What is a vulgar fraction? Л simple fraction ? A pi «per... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1859 - 334 pages
...expressed by the fraction. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than the denominator ; as, ^. ' An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, the denominator; as, f, f. NOTE. — A fraction, strictly speaking, is less than a unit ; hence, if the numerator is equal to,... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1859 - 338 pages
...subdivided ? 1. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than the denominator, as J, y, -y, etc. 2. An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than the denominator, as |, f , y, etc. 3. A Compound Fraction is a fraction of a fraction, as -^ of J of |, etc. 4. A Mixed Number... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 144 pages
...called the terms of the fraction. 7 4. A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as, •£, 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,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1859 - 208 pages
...proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than the denominator ; its value is less than a unit. 6S An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater, than the denominator ; its value is equal to, or greater, than a unit. 7. A mixed number is a whole number joined with a... | |
 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1859 - 368 pages
...and whose value is therefore less than a unit or whole one. %, |-, |, &c. are proper fractions. (61.) An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, its denominator. Its value in units is found by dividing its numerator by its denominator. Thus 3 is... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 440 pages
...are expressed by the fraction. 1 83. A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as, ^, -f , '•§-. An improper fraction...is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, •}, •£. A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction expressed together... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 190 pages
...proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than the denominator ; its value is less than a unit. 6. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater, than the denominator ; its value is equal to, or greater, than a unit. 7. A mixed number is a whole number joined with a... | |
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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. 
