 | Nathan Newby - 1884 - 206 σελίδες
...Fraction. (1.) A fraction is a fractional unit or a number of like fractional units thought together. (2.) A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. ftcmark 1. The primary idea of a fraction is composed of the following elements, viz.: a. The idea... | |
 | Urias John Hoffman - 1885 - 404 σελίδες
...small piece and keep the large part. They will see the error, and correct the definition by saying a fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. We next have them tell us again what the upper and lower numbers indicate. Then we say the upper number... | |
 | 1886 - 996 σελίδες
...from objects themselves. Take Prof. White's definition of a fraction and that of decimal fraction : "A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit,- and a decimal fraction is one or more of the decimal parts of a unit." Mathematically there is no such... | |
 | 1886 - 712 σελίδες
...expression of," and I was pleased to see that these words were omitted in a subsequent revision of the book. A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. It may be expressed by words or by figures, but the expression is not the fraction. Both clearness... | |
 | 1886 - 198 σελίδες
...still, it might be a legitimate inference that teachers even now at times confound figures with numbers. A fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. The language of figures in which fractions are expressed is no more to be confounded with fractions... | |
 | Edward Sylvester Ellis - 1886 - 200 σελίδες
...fractional units is equaled by the increase in their size. Thus, *-5-i = i; *-*-! = *; HK* = iART. 105.—A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. It is an expression of division. ART. 106.—A fraction is expressed by two. numbers, written one above... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - 1886 - 688 σελίδες
...other into fourths, and find how many more twelfths there are in % than in y4. i Definitions. 126. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit or whole. 127. The unit of the fraction is the unit which is divided. One of the equal parts is a fractional... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - 1888 - 464 σελίδες
...greater, "/ u or "/« ? 4/? or ,/, ? 73 /i« or "/,»? %or 3/ 8 ? V« or "/»? Why? Definitions. 126. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit or whole. 127. The unit of the traction is the unit which is divided. One of the equal parts is a fractional... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1888 - 372 σελίδες
...or more such parts is a fractional part of the whole number, and is called a fraction. Hence, 113. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit. Define a fraction. DEFINITIONS, NOTATION, NUMERATION. 87 114. To write a fraction, two integers are... | |
 | George Soulé - 1888 - 568 σελίδες
...from the division of the Unit. The lirst is synthetical, the second is analytical. DEFINITIONS. 181. A Fraction is one or more of the equal parts of a unit, or of a collection of units taken together. Or more briefly, it is a part of anything, or a numerical... | |
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