| Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 406 pages
...the terms of the fraction J. Fractions are named Proper, or Improper, according to their value. 157. A Proper Fraction is a fraction whose numerator is...denominator; hence, its value is less than 1. Thus, |, T7ff. and |f are proper fractions. 158. An Improper Fraction is a fraction whose numerator equals... | |
| Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 412 pages
...the term* of the fraction f . Fractions are named Proper, or Improper, according to their ixdue. 157. A Proper Fraction is a fraction whose numerator is...than its denominator; hence, its value is less than I. Thus, |, -}jj, and f J are proper fractions. 158. An Improper Fraction is a fraction whose numerator... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1882 - 212 pages
...unit are expressed by the fraction. It is written above the line. Thus, 4 is the numerator of £. 137. A Proper Fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator. As ^, •§, -jV 138. An Improper Fraction is a fraction whose numerator is not less than its denominator.... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1882 - 398 pages
...denominator. Thus, 2 may be written -|, and read 2 ones ; 7 may be written {, and read 7 ones ; etc. 105. A Proper Fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator. Thus, -| and j^j are proper fractions. 106. An Improper Fraction is a fraction whose numerator is not... | |
| Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 348 pages
...the reciprocal, and the value of each of the following fractions : 4 6 8 6 7 9 И 7_ 18 12 5 7 95 8 7 "9" 10 " 24 20 1OO. Common fractions are classified...fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than Ha denominator. Hence, its value is less than 1. Thus, í, f , and |J are proper fractions. 2. An improper... | |
| James William Nicholson - Arithmetic - 1885 - 348 pages
...value of a fraction is its relation to one. The value of 3 thirds is one ; of *p, 2 ; of ^, 3. 133. A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as f, f , -}-£. 134. An improper fraction is a fraction whose numerator equals or exceeds its denominator... | |
| James Marcus Bandy - 1890 - 124 pages
...Fractional Unit. 26. In the fraction f, -J is the Unit of the fraction, and I is the Fractional Unit. 27. A Proper Fraction is a fraction whose Numerator is Less than its Denominator; as, #, 1, |j. 28. An Improper Fraction is a fraction whose Numerator is Equal to, or Exceeds, the Denominator,... | |
| Thomas Rhys Vickroy - Arithmetic - 1895 - 174 pages
...of 1 or J of 3. 43. There are two kinds of fractions, Proper Fractions and Improper Fractions. 44. A Proper Fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator. Thus: f is a proper fraction, because its numerator is less than its denominator. 45- An Improper Fraction... | |
| George Albert Wentworth - Arithmetic - 1896 - 490 pages
...twenty-fifth. 4. Eight tenths. 9. Thirteen seventieths. 5. Nine twelfths. 10. Thirty hundredths. 142. A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator; as $. 143. An improper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is not less that its denominator; as... | |
| International Correspondence Schools - Electrical engineering - 1897 - 672 pages
...•J-, or four-fourths, = 1. |, or eight-eighths, = 1. $-J-, or sixty-four-sixty-fourths, = 1. 79. A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is less than its denominator. Its value is less than 1 ; as, £, f, *• 80. An Improper fraction is a fraction whose numerator equals... | |
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