 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...general statement of the value of fractions as compared with a unit or 1. DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES. 72. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. The unit divided is called the Unit of the Fraction ; and one of the oqual parts, into which it is... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1871 - 220 pages
...entire units or ones. 106. A Fraction, as one half, two thirds, etc., is a number which represents one or more of the equal parts of a unit or one. One half is written £, one third is written £, two thirds are written f , three fourths are written... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1873 - 340 pages
...abbreviations ? Least common multiple of mutually prime numbers ? Of t wo numbers ? 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... | |
 | 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 - 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 - 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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