 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1878 - 180 pages
...of the parts are used. 6. The numerator and the denominator are the TERMS of the fraction. •, 7. A PROPER FRACTION is one whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as £, f, £. The value of a proper fraction is less than one.\ 8. An IMPROPER FRACTION is one whose numerator... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1879 - 200 pages
...hundred and seven one -hundred -and -eighths, ninety fortieths, and twenty-nine eighty-fourths. 91. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator; as, -|, |, J. An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ;... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1880 - 420 pages
...value, into Proper, Improper, and Mixed. (2). As to form, into Simple, Complex, and Compound. 117. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator; as, •|. 118. An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, its denominator;... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1880 - 866 pages
...treating of the subject of Vulgar Fractions, it is usual to make the following distinctions :— 1. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator ; thus, -|, -5*01 аге Р г °Р ег fractions. Z. An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator... | |
 | James Thomson - 1880 - 408 pages
...Different varieties of fractional numerical expressions are distinguished by names as follows : — A PROPER FRACTION is one whose numerator is less than its denominator. An IMPROPER FRACTION is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator. Thus | and... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1875 - 472 pages
...100001 la- 53f> 972 > 4795g) 475555> 255052" Fractions are distinguished as Proper and Improper. 170. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator; its value is less than the unit 1. 171. An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator equals or exceeds... | |
 | A. Melrose - 1881 - 314 pages
...fraction contains ; the two together are called the terms of the fraction. f may be read f of 1 or | of 3. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than...^. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator, as £, f. A compound fraction consists of two or more fractions... | |
 | Richard Nelson - 1881 - 312 pages
...Proper, Improper, Simple, Compound or Complex. We shall treat of only the. three former at present. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than...\. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator, "> i ?. 71. A simple fraction is a single fraction, and may... | |
 | Montagu H. Foster - 1881 - 182 pages
...means that Is. is divided into three parts, and that two such parts are taken, and therefore equals 8d. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator, as -J-, -§. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 200 pages
...halves ? 55. Change 8 to a fraction whose denominator is 3. 13 to a fraction whose denominator is 1. 93. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator. Thus, f and ^ are proper fractions. 94. An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is not less than... | |
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An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, f... 
