 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 290 pages
...fraction. ART. 53. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator; as, f, |, |. An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator; as, f, f, 7. 19. 20. 21. A A A A it tf A if if WHITE'S ELEMENTARY ARITHMETIC. LESSON II. INTEGERS AND... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 282 pages
...fraction. ART. 53. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator i« less than its denominator; as, f, |, £. An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator; as, f, f, f. The value of a proper fraction is less than one ; and the value of an improper fraction... | |
 | Dennis Heywood - 1884 - 236 pages
...42, 63, 126, 189, 378, 945 To REDUCE AN IMPKOPER FRACTION TO A MIXED OR WHOLE NUMBER. DEFINITION. — An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator. RULE. — Divide the numerator by the denominator, the quotient is a whole number, and the remainder,... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1886 - 200 pages
...Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator; as, f, |-, ^f. ART. 111.—An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator; ««, i I, i, ¥ART. 112.—A Simple Fraction is one having a single integral numerator... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - Arithmetic - 1886 - 688 pages
...etc. 133. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than the denominator, as %, %, etc. 134. An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator, as %, 8/7, etc. 135. A mixed number is one which is composed of an integer and a fraction,... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - Algebra - 1888 - 868 pages
...as b -\ — . a A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than its a ..enominator ; as a + x An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator ; as - and — — — . aa The reciprocal of a fraction is another fraction having its numerator and... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1889 - 370 pages
...Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as, f , ^, J|. ART. 127. — An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; as, IH, Y• ART. 128. — A Simple Fraction is one having a single integral numerator... | |
 | Charles Austin Hobbs - Arithmetic - 1889 - 362 pages
...terms of the fraction. A proper fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as $> An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator; as f, ^-. When the numerator is greater than the denominator, more than one unit must... | |
 | James William Nicholson - Arithmetic - 1889 - 408 pages
...proper, improper, and mixed. 146. 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: and a mixed number is a number composed of an integer and a fraction. (1) \ii(, J,... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - Arithmetic - 1889 - 196 pages
...Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than its denominator ; as, f , f , Jf . ART. 111. — An Improper Fraction is one whose numerator is equal to or greater than its denominator ; 11 T • ART. 112. — A Simple Fraction is one having a single integral numerator... | |
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An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, $, -f . A mixed number is a whole number and a fraction expressed together; as, 4f, 25-ht. 
