 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1877 - 212 pages
...NOTATION, AND NUMERATION. 77. If a unit be divided into 2 equal parts, one of th parts is called one half. If a unit be divided into 3 equal parts, one of the parti is called one third, two of the parts two thirds. If a unit be divided into 4 equal parts, one... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1879 - 392 pages
...called Fractions; and to distinguish them from Decimal Fractions, they are called Common Fractions. 112. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. 113. A Common Fraction is expressed by two numbers, one above and the other below a line ; thus, J... | |
 | George Ricks - Arithmetic - 1879 - 420 pages
...proper fractions. We may write Jj! as If, viz. one whole apple and f of another. Definitions : — (1 ) A FRACTION is one or more of the equal parts of a whole. (2) A PROPER FRACTION is one which has the numerator lass than the denominator, as f . (3) An... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1880 - 268 pages
...DEFINITIONS. 177. A Fractional Unit is one of the equal parts of anything regarded as a whole. 178. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit or whole. 179. The Numerator is the number above the dividing line in the expression of a fraction,... | |
 | Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 412 pages
...of parts, the GREATER their VALUE ; and the GREATER the NUMBEB of parts, the LESS their VALUE. 149. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit, or of anything regarded as a ivhole. 150. The Unit of a Fraction is the unit, or whole, which is divided... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 200 pages
...many halves can a single thing or unit be divided ? Into how many thirds ? Into how many fourths ? 85. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. 86. The Denominator of a fraction is the number which shows into how many equal parts the unit is divided.... | |
 | William James Milne - Algebra - 1881 - 360 pages
...fifth of # be expressed ? Two-thirds of 6? Three-sevenths of y? Eight-elevenths of z? DEFINITIONS. 138. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. 139. The Unit of a Fraction is the unit which is divided into equal parts. 140. A Fractional Unit is... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 416 pages
...? 7. How many halves in a unit ? Thirds ? Fifths ? 8. WThich is the larger, halves or thirds ? 160. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. 161. The Unit of a Fraction is the number or thing of which the fraction is a part. 162. A Fractional... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1882 - 212 pages
...you call 1 of the 8 equal parts of a pound I 2 of the 8 equal parts ? 7 of the 8 equal parts? 132. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. 133. Common Fractions are written in figures as follows, — One half is written i One third " J Two... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 324 pages
...11750. What did A pay per acre, and what was B's selling-price per acre ? FRACTIONS. DEFINITIONS. 43. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit ; as one-half (£), two-thirds (|), one-fourth Q), seven-eighths (§). If a unit be divided into four... | |
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