 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1852 - 410 pages
...value is, consequently, less than" a unit or whole, one. Thus 2, §, £ , are proper fractions. § OO. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, its denominator; and whose value is, accordingly, equal to, or greater than, a unit or whole one. Thus -ij is an improper... | |
 | Daniel Leach, Robert Swan - Arithmetic - 1853 - 168 pages
...FRACTIONS. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator, as § (2 thirds). An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator, as f (4 fourths), £ (9 sevenths). OBS. Proper and improper fractions are also called simple fraction!.... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1853 - 622 pages
...of one. 77. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator, as -|, £, |. 78. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator, as £, ^, |. OBS. Proper and improper fractions are also called simple fractions. What are fractions ?... | |
 | James B. Dodd - 1853 - 398 pages
...whose value is, consequently, less than a unit or whole one. Thus J, f, f, are proper fractions. § 9O. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, its denominator; and whose value is, accordingly, equal to, or greater than, a unit or whole one. Thus f is an improper... | |
 | Barnard Smith - Arithmetic - 1854 - 368 pages
...FRACTION is one whose numerator is less than th& denominator ; thus, f , £ , f are proper fractions. (2) An IMPROPER FRACTION is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator; thus, £ , f , J are improper fractions. (3) A SIMPLE FRACTION is one whose numerator... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...compound, and complex. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than the denominator ; as, f . An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, the denominator ; as, f , f . * The' word vulgar here means common, and is employed in- this connection... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1855 - 396 pages
...A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator, as T9T, £, \$ . (d.) An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, its denominator, as f , ±f-, Jf 3. (e.) A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction, as 2-j, which is read two and one... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1855 - 180 pages
...FRACTIONS. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator, as §• (2 thirds). An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator, as |- (4 fourths), f (9 sevenths). OBS. Proper and improper fractions are also called simple fractions.... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1856 - 392 pages
...proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator, as T8T, £, -}£. (d.) An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than, its denominator, as f, lf-, -if 3. (e.) A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction, as 2|, which is read two and one... | |
 | Daniel Leach - 1857 - 314 pages
...one. 77.\A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator, as f , f , %. 78.Xln improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator, as |, %, f . OBs.^Proper and improper fractions arc also called simple fractions. What arc fractions ? How manv... | |
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