 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 204 pages
...fiftieths; Twenty-two twelfths; Ten ninths. Twenty seventeenths. Forty fifty-fifths. DEFINITIONS. Art. 56. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. Art. 57. A fraction is expressed by two numbers, called the Numerator and the Denominator. The Denominator... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 180 pages
...fifths of the number of acres of cleared land ; how many acres of cleared land, and how many acres does the farm contain ? 33. Mr. Smith gave 5 sevenths of...expressed by figures in the following manner, viz. : — £, one half. - f , two thirds. £, one thus?. f , three fourths, £, one fourth. $, seven eighths.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1876 - 366 pages
...abbreviations ? Least common multiple of mutually prime numbers? Of two numbers? COMMON FRACTIONS. 129. 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1876 - 588 pages
...take a number of these equal parts, and this is the fraction. A definition quite similar to this is, a fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. This is not incorrect, though it is preferred to use the word "number " for "one or more." It is believed... | |
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A FRACTION is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. 
