 | Edwin Pliny Seaver, George Augustus Walton - 1895 - 412 σελίδες
...fractional number. By common usage fractional units and fractional numbers are all called fractions. 176. A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. 177. The unit which is divided to make a fraction is called the unit of the fraction. 178. The number... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1895 - 200 σελίδες
...three, three fourths, | ; a¡id so on. These expressions, £, ¿, J, |, etc., are called fractions. 66. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. 67. The number below the line shows into how many equal parts the unit is divided, and is called the... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1895 - 398 σελίδες
...Fractions; and to distinguish them from Decimal Fractions, they are called Common Fractions. 112. Л Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. 113. A Common Fraction is expressed hy two numbers, one above and the other below a line ; thus, J... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, John Dewey - 1895 - 336 σελίδες
...measurement, a unity of units — a sum. Nor is it entirely consistent with the measuring idea to say that a fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unity. Of course, in counting the equal parts of a measured whole — a unity — we take a number... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, John Dewey - 1895 - 348 σελίδες
...measurement, a unity of units — a sum. Nor is it entirely consistent with the measuring idea to say that a fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unity. Of course, in counting the equal parts of a measured whole — a unity — we take a number... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - 1896 - 418 σελίδες
...the factors thus obtained being united as in § 235. WHITE'S ALO. — 9 CHAPTER IX. FRACTIONS. 239. A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. The unit which is divided into equal parts is the unit of the fraction, and one of these equal parts... | |
 | George Washington Hull - 1896 - 152 σελίδες
...horse for $210, and a cow for 2 tenths as much ; how much did both cost? n. DEFINITIONS OP FRACTIONS. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. A fraction is expressed by writing one number above another, with a short horizontal line between them.... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - 1896 - 296 σελίδες
...12) is a perfect square, if (i X |) is a perfect square. 6.25 (2.5 X 2.5) is a perfect square. 32. A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. Seven eighths is a fraction. Five twelfths is a fraction. 33. A fraction may be expressed by two numbers,... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - 1896 - 296 σελίδες
...12) is a perfect square, Ji (! X j) is a perfect square. 6.25 (2.5 X 2.5) is a perfect square. 32. A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. Seven eighths is a fraction. Five twelfths is a fraction. 33. A fraction may be expressed by two numbers,... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - 1897 - 264 σελίδες
...number; as, 3, 5, 7, 21, 71, etc. • Teach the pupils to " prove" their problems in division. Fractions. A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. A fraction is usually expressed by two numbers, one of them being written above a short horizontal... | |
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