 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - 1882 - 224 σελίδες
...the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided, it denominates or names those parts. 47. The number above the line is called the Numerator, because it shows how many of the parts are taken to form the fraction. 48. The numerator and denominator, taken together,... | |
 | Warren Colburn - 1863 - 186 σελίδες
...that is, the fraction takes its name from the number of parts into which one is divided. The number under the line is called the denominator, because...the number above the line is called the numerator, becujise it shows the number of parts used. Thus fa, 10 is the denominator, and 3 the numerator. mode... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1848 - 310 σελίδες
...numbers, one above the other, with a horizontal line between them ; thus, J, |, f. The number below the line is called the Denominator, because it gives name to the parts. The number above the line is called the Numerator, because it numbers the parts. The denominator... | |
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The number under the line is called the denominator, because it gives name to the fraction ; and the number above the line is called the numerator, because it shows the number of parts used. 
