 | James Bates Thomson - 1859 - 144 σελίδες
...? Of 57 ? Of 85 ? 8O. A part of a number being given to find the whole. Multiply the given part by the number of parts into which the whole is divided, and the product will be (he answer required. 1. 27 is 1 ninth of what number ? Suggestion. — Since 27 is... | |
 | Richard Nelson - 1867 - 304 σελίδες
...common fraction indicates division, the upper .lumber being the dividend and the lower the divisor. In treating of fractions, the dividend is called the...of fractions of the denomination of ninths, while . f represents the highest !il *This chapter is introduced for the benefit of that large class of scholars... | |
 | Henry Major - 1873 - 588 σελίδες
...Fraction consists of a Numerator and Denominator, of which the denominator or lower number represents the number of parts into which the whole is divided ; and the numerator the number of these taken, as f. A proper fraction has its denominator greater than its numerator, as> f; and an... | |
 | Robert Griffith Hatfield - 1895 - 774 σελίδες
...fractions -, ^, -, - and --. In eath case the figure below the line, as, 3, 6, 9, 12, or 15, expresses the number of parts into which the whole is divided, and the figure above the line, as 1,2, 3, 4, or 5, the FIG. 275. number of the parts taken ; and, as the lines... | |
 | Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke - 1918 - 944 σελίδες
...that $<%>o=S%); that $B%oo=894. Common fractions are written as above; the number below the line tells the number of parts into which the whole is divided, and the number above the line tells how many of these parts we are considering, or are working with. The number... | |
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The denominator indicates the number of parts into which the whole is divided, and the numerator the number of such parts under consideration. 