 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1894 - 204 pages
...a unit ; as, f. The number below the line is called the Denominator, and shows into how many parts the unit is divided. The number above the line is called the Numerator, and shows how many of the equal parts are taken. The numerator and the denominator are called the Terms of a fraction.... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1894 - 200 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 £ the denominator, 5, shows that the unit is divided into 5... | |
 | Eugene L. Dubbs - Arithmetic - 1901 - 462 pages
...expressed in words is two fifths. 5. The number beneath the line is called the denominator. It denotes the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided....The number above the line is called the numerator. It shows the number of parts taken. Thus, the fraction \ denotes that a unit has been divided into... | |
 | William Frederick Durand - Marine engineering - 1901 - 738 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... | |
 | Lincoln Owen - Arithmetic - 1917 - 128 pages
...fraction. The number below the line is called the denominator and it shows into how many equal parts the unit is divided. The number above the line is called the numerator and it shows how many of those parts have been taken. The numerator and the denominator are called the... | |
 | William Frederick Durand - Marine engineering - 1917 - 1012 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... | |
 | William Frederick Durand, Charles Wilson Dyson - Marine engineering - 1917 - 1016 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 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... | |
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The number below the line is called the denominator, and shows into how many parts the number or thing is divided. The number above the line is called the numerator, and shows how many parts are expressed by the fraction. 
