 | William Frederick Durand - Marine engineering - 1917 - 1014 pages
...fractional unit. The denominator thus shows the relation of the fractional unit to the principal unit. The number above the line is called the numerator and shows how many of these fractional units are used to measure the quantity in question. PROPER FRACTION. In a proper... | |
 | Charles P. Alvord, M. Elsie Davis - Arithmetic - 1919 - 248 pages
...denominator of which is 10, or a power of 10. The denominator is not written. The Denominator of a fraction shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. The Numerator of a fraction shows the number of equal parts taken. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator... | |
 | Nels Johann Lennes, Frances Jenkins - Arithmetic - 1920 - 348 pages
...number below the line is called the denominator, and indicates into how many parts an object or group is divided. The number above the line is called the numerator, and indicates how many of the equal parts are taken. Thus, the fraction f indicates 3 of the 8 equal parts... | |
 | Joseph Clifton Brown, Albert Clayton Eldredge - Arithmetic - 1924 - 312 pages
...example: 2 is the denominator of the fraction ^. 4 is the denominator of the fraction ^. The denominator shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. The numerator shows the number of the parts taken to make the fraction. If you divide an apple into 4 equal... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 340 pages
...the line is the denominator : it denominates, or gives name to the fraction. It shows the number of parts into which the unit is divided. The number above the line is the numerator : it numbers the parts, showing how many parts are taken. Thus, in the fraction 9, the... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1899 - 266 pages
...line is called the numerator. The number below the line is called the denominator. The denominator shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. * Teach the pupils to " prove " their problems in division. The numerator shows the number of parts... | |
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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. 
