 | John Husband (math. master, Berwick.) - 1841 - 126 σελίδες
...VULGAR FRACTIONS. DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES. A fraction is a part or several parts of unity, and is expressed by two numbers, placed one above the other with a line between them, thus, the * ,- ,, ,. - -,, 3 (numerator), fraction three-sevenths is written = ;, . .... | |
 | Thomas Carpenter (schoolmaster.) - 1842 - 154 σελίδες
...9. 9i VULGAR FRACTIONS. A fraction is any part or parts of something considered as a whole, and is expressed by two numbers placed one above the other, with a line between them, as |, -f , ¿, &c. The number above the line is called the numerator, and that below... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1843 - 254 σελίδες
...twentieths, &c. Fractions are of two kinds, Vulgar, and Decimal. II. A Vulgar Fraction is represented by two numbers placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them. 1 one 3 three 5 five 3 three II _eleyen 1«Us, "jj — hnlf.l~~ fourths. ~6 ~~ sixths. 1~~ eighth?.... | |
 | 1845 - 196 σελίδες
...sterling per millrea. VULGAR FRACTIONS. A vulgar fraction is a part, or parts of a unit or integer expressed by two numbers, placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them ; as 4 one fourth, |^ two thirds. The number above the line is called the numerator, and that below the... | |
 | 1845 - 210 σελίδες
...dollars ; and the latter as tens of cents. The parts or fractions of a cent, used instead of mills, are expressed by two numbers, placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them. The under number denotes the part ; and the upper one informs how many of that part are designed to... | |
 | William Vogdes - 1847 - 324 σελίδες
...complex. Q. What are fractions ? A. Fractions are parts of a unit. Q. How are they represented ? A. By two numbers placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them. Q. What is the number above the line called ? A. The numerator. Q. What is the number below the line... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - 1849 - 260 σελίδες
...twentieths, &c. Fractions are of two kinds, Vulgar, and Decimal. II. A Vulgar Fraction is represented by two numbers placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them. 1 one 3 three 5 five 3 three 11 eleven rilUSj -jj — [,alf. 4 — fourths. ^"sixths. ~S~ eighths.... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1849 - 370 σελίδες
...Vulgar and Decimal Fractions. Of what does a Vulgar Fraction consist, when it is written down ? Of two numbers placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them : as -£%. What are these numbers called? The upper number is called the Numerator : The lower number is... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 σελίδες
...FRACTION is any part or parts of a unit or of something considered as a whole ; and it represented by two numbers, placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them ; as ¿, f, f, &c. The number below the line is called the denominator, and shows how many equal parts the... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - 1851 - 346 σελίδες
...are the one fourth of a foot, for 3 is the quarter or fourth of 12. A Vulgar fraction is a fraction expressed by two numbers placed one above the other, with a line between them ; as, 50 cents is the \ of a dollar. . The upper number is called the Numerator, because... | |
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A vulgar fraction is a part, or parts of a unit or integer expressed by two numbers, placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them; as -i one fourth, f two thirds. The number above the line is called the numerator, and that below the line... 
