 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1882 - 320 pages
...itself and one. (2.) A composite number is a number having other factors than itself and one. (3.) A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. 2. 182 ^ 2 X 7 X 13 196 = 2X2X7X7 2X7 = 14, greatest common divisor, Ans. 3. 8 = 2X2X2 7 = 1X7 10 =... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1882 - 398 pages
...three fourths ? 6. Which are the larger parts of an apple, halves or thirds ? Thirds or fourths ? 99. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. The Unit of the Fraction is the unit divided, and a Fractional Unit is one of the equal parts into... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 360 pages
...greater, a third or a fourth ? Why ? 9. Which is the smaller, fifths or thirds? Why ? DEFINITIONS. 98. A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit, or of anything regarded as a whole.* Thus, 1 half, 2 thirds, and 4ßßhs are fractions. 1. A fractional... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 348 pages
...greater, a third or a fourth ? Why ? 9. Which is the smaller, fifths or thirds? Why? DEFINITIONS. 98. A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit, or of anything regarded as a whole.* Thus, 1 half, 2 thirds, and 4 fifths are fractions. 1. A fractional... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 290 pages
...tenths. Twenty-two twelfths. Nine tenths. Seven twelfths. Twenty seventeenths. DEFINITIONS. ART. 51. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. ART. 52. A fraction is expressed by two numbers, called the Numerator and the Denominator. The Denominator... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 368 pages
...is the value of a fraction less than 1? When greater than 1 ? DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES. ART. 72. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. The unit divided is the unit of the fraction, and one of the equal parts into which it is divided is... | |
 | Nathan Newby - Arithmetic - 1884 - 206 pages
...Fraction. (1.) A fraction is a fractional unit or a number of like fractional units thought together. (2.) A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. ftcmark 1. The primary idea of a fraction is composed of the following elements, viz.: a. The idea... | |
 | Urias John Hoffman - Phrenology - 1885 - 404 pages
...small piece and keep the large part. They will see the error, and correct the definition by saying a fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. We next have them tell us again what the upper and lower numbers indicate. Then we say the upper number... | |
 | Education - 1886 - 712 pages
...expression of," and I was pleased to see that these words were omitted in a subsequent revision of the book. A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. It may be expressed by words or by figures, but the expression is not the fraction. Both clearness... | |
 | Education - 1886 - 996 pages
...from objects themselves. Take Prof. White's definition of a fraction and that of decimal fraction : "A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit,- and a decimal fraction is one or more of the decimal parts of a unit." Mathematically there is no such... | |
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