 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1888 - 372 pages
...or more such parts is a fractional part of the whole number, and is called a fraction. Hence, 113. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. Define a fraction. DEFINITIONS, NOTATION, NUMERATION. 87 114. To write a fraction, two integers are... | |
 | Levi Seeley - Arithmetic - 1888 - 204 pages
...numbers which indicate parts of the unity? What is ^? f? J? (A fraction.) What then is a fraction ? (A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unity.) How many parts have we in J? (We have i part.) In f ? (We have 3 parts.) Into what is the unity... | |
 | George Soulé - Arithmetic - 1888 - 568 pages
...of two or more Fractions? 284. General Direction for the Operation. ECIMAL FRACTIONS, 285. A Decimal Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit, which is divided into tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc., according to the decimal scale ; hence... | |
 | Levi Seeley - Arithmetic - 1888 - 192 pages
...numbers which indicate parts of the unity? What is i ? J? \t (A fraction.) What then is a fraction ? (A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unity.) How many parts have we in i? (We have 1 part.) In f ? (We have 3 parts.) Into what is the unity... | |
 | Seymour Eaton - Arithmetic - 1889 - 248 pages
...between the other two factors is 16. What are the numbers ? II. COMMON FRACTIONS. HINTS AND DEFINITIONS. A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. A fraction is usually expressed by two numbers, one written above the other, with a line between. The... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1889 - 196 pages
...fractional units is equaled by the increase in their size. Thus, *-si = *;ft = *5HK$ = f. ART. 105. — A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. It is an expression of division. ART. 106. — A fraction is expressed by two numbers, •written one... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1889 - 370 pages
...decrease in the number of fractional units is equaled by the increase in their size. Thus, ART. 121. — A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. It is an expression of division. ART. 122. — A fraction is expressed by two numbers, written one... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1890 - 178 pages
...three eighths. 23. Which of the above fractions are proper fractions? Which are improper fractions? A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. The numerator and denominator are called the terms of a fraction. REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS. INTEGERS... | |
 | Henry Holmes Belfield - Arithmetic - 1891 - 362 pages
...2Tff' 320" *"• T9' 63, 12"8, 2 52 17- Ifl, AV 20. A, A, H,«. 18. **, U. 21. A, W -9-LA SUMMARY. 244. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit, or of any number regarded as a unit. 245. The Unit of a Fraction is the number which has been divided into... | |
 | John Edward King - Business mathematics - 1891 - 254 pages
...600 yds. at 30 cents per yard, how many bales and how many odd yards did I deliver? FRACTIONS. ' 149. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. If a unit be divided into 3 equal parts, one of the parts is called one-third, and is written -J; two... | |
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