 | Andrew Bell (writer on mathematics.) - 1839 - 500 σελίδες
...quantity is unity divided by that quantity.1 Thus, - is the reciprocal of a. (ti (121.) 'The denominator shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided, and the numerator shows the number of those parts that are to be taken.1 3 Thus, in the fraction ^, the... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - 1840 - 316 σελίδες
...fraction in its numerator or denominator, or both, as, -J. =-, ^, &c. •> rt '"'?. 3. The denominator shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided ; and the numerator, how many of these parts are expressed in the fraction. Consequently, the greater the... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - 1840 - 326 σελίδες
...and the other above a short horizontal line. The number below the line is called the denominator, and 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 of these equal parts are included... | |
 | Daniel Leach - 1851 - 280 σελίδες
...other, with a line between them. Thus, |, f. The term below the line is called the denominator, and shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. The term above the line is called the numerator ', and shows how many parts are expressed by the fraction.... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 σελίδες
...lower number is called the denominator, and the upper number the numerator. The denominator denotes the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided ; and hence, determines the value of the fractional unit. Thus, if the denominator is 2, the fractional unit... | |
 | Daniel Leach, Robert Swan - 1853 - 168 σελίδες
...£ (four fifths), £ (three sevenths). 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.... | |
 | Daniel Leach - 1853 - 622 σελίδες
...other, with a line between them. Thus, |, |. The term below the line is called the denominator, and shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. The term above the line is called the numerator, and shows how many parts are expressed by the fraction.... | |
 | Charles D. Lawrence - 1854 - 336 σελίδες
...yard. This five eighths is called a fraction. A fraction, then, is a part of a unit. The figure which shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided is written under a horizontal line, and that which shows how many of these parts are taken, is written... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1866 - 338 σελίδες
...Common Fraction is one whose denominator is not ten nor a power of ten ; as, ^, a ^ _ат. (a.) A Common Fraction is expressed by a Numerator and a Denominator,...the numerator in words; as, 4 tenths, 9 sevenths, 8-11 ths ; or under the numerator with a shgrt horizontal line between them ; « 3 numerator. "Ï 9... | |
 | Whitman Peck - 1868 - 304 σελίδες
...has % of an orange, John %, Henry % ; how can these unequal parts be divided into equal parts ? Since the denominator of a fraction shows the number of equal parts into which anything is divided, fractions having different denominators must be reduced to a common denominator,... | |
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The denominator shows the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. 
