 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...expressed by two numbers, called the Numerator and the Denominator. The Denominator of a fraction denotes the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. The Numerator of a fraction denotes the number of equal parts taken. The numerator and denominator are... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1876 - 584 pages
...with a numerator and a denominator; 'as two-thirds, written §. The denominator of a fraction denotes the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. The numerator of a fraction denotes the number of fractional units in the fraction. A common fraction is... | |
 | Edgar Arthur Singer - Mental arithmetic - 1876 - 198 pages
...parts into which the unit is divided, the greater is the value of each of the parts. And Tlie greater the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided, the less is the value of each of the parts. Exercises. 1. Express in figures, or write, the fraction nine... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1877 - 348 pages
...below the line is called the Denominator, and shows into how many equal parts the unit is divided. 68. The number above the line is called the Numerator, and shows how many of the equal parts are token. Thus, in £ the denominator, 6, shows that the unit is divided into 6... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1877 - 176 pages
...below the line is called the Denominator, and shows into how many equal parts the unit is divided. 71. The number above the line is called the Numerator, and shows how many of the equal parts are taken. Thus, in -J the denominator, 5, shows that the unit is divided into 5... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Mathematics - 1877 - 98 pages
...the line is called the Denominator, and it shows into how many equal parts the whole number or thing is divided. The number above the line is called the Numerator, and it shows the number of parts that are used, or that are expressed by the fraction. LESSON III. 1. What... | |
 | Education - 1881 - 516 pages
...say amen to that; for they have been troubled with them long enough. The denominator of a fraction shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided; hence, in the complex fraction |, the denominator £ denotes that the unit is divided into £ equal... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 348 pages
...thirty-fifths " \\. Thirty forty-ninths " |§. 1. The denominator of a fraction, written below the line, shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided, and also names the parts. Thus, in the fraction J, 8 is the denominator, and shows that the unit is... | |
 | Levi Seeley - Arithmetic - 1888 - 192 pages
...their organic unity. 4. As the different kinds of fractions depend upon their size, and their size upon the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided, the different kinds of divisions maybe considered as especial orders, namely, descending iffivi'r orders,... | |
 | George Soulé - Arithmetic - 1888 - 568 pages
...and Denominator together, are called the terms of the fraction. 185. The Denominator of a fraction shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. Thus in the fraction g, the 8 is the tlcuoiuiuator and shows that the unit is divided into 8 equal,... | |
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The number below the line is called the denominator, .яла shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. The number above the line is called the numerator, and shows how many parts are expressed by the fraction. 
