 | John Ward - Mathematics - 1719 - 472 pages
...Number, is that which reprefents a Рл-í or /Vf J of any thing propoied (vide Page 3 ) and is exprelied by two Numbers placed one above the other with a Line drawn betwixt them. Numerator. Denominator. The Denominator or Number placed underneath the L/да, denotes... | |
 | John Ward (of Chester.) - Mathematics - 1724 - 480 pages
...that which reprefents a XX 'Рлг/ or 'Рлт of any thing própofed (vide faze 5) and is expreffed by Two Numbers placed one above the other with a Line drawn betwixt them : • us> i 4 Denominator. The Denominator or Number placed underneath the Line, denotes... | |
 | R. Barnes - Arithmetic - 1793 - 162 pages
...%ULGAR FRACTIONS, -• . i £. Fractions or brokt-n Numbers are Parts of an Unit, and are exprefled by two Numbers, placed one above the other, with a Line drawn between them, as }. The lower Number is called the Denominator, and Jhews how many P^rts the Integer is divided into... | |
 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...FRACTIONS: TRACTIONS, or broken numbers, are expressions for any assignable parts of an unit ; and are represented by two numbers, placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them. . The figure above the line is called the numerator'^ and that below the line, the denominator. The denominator... | |
 | William M. Finlay - Accounting - 1803 - 272 pages
...HAT is a Fraction? A. A part or parts of any whole sum or number. Q. How is a fraction expressed ? A. By two numbers placed one above the other with a line drawn between them. as \, -iZj, £^ ; the number above the line is called the numerator, because it denote* how many parts... | |
 | Paul Deighan - Arithmetic - 1804 - 504 pages
...unit fo divided. And Fractions are of two kind, Vulgar and Decimal. I. A Vulgar fraction is exprefled by two numbers placed one above the other with a line drawn between them, 'thus, _3 Numerator. 1 The denominator, or number placed 4 Denominator, j underneath the line, denotes... | |
 | Thomas Hodson - Arithmetic - 1806 - 502 pages
...Three. A FRACTION is any part or parts of an integer or unifj and (in vulgar fractions) is reprefented by two numbers placed one above the other, with a line drawn between them. The number below the line is called the denominator, and fhews how many parts the integer is divided into ; the... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 466 pages
...9'. VULGAR FRACTIONS, , F RACTIONS are expressions for parts of an integer or whole. Vulgar Fractions are represented by two numbers, placed one above the other, with a line between them. 2. The number alx>ve the line is called the numerator ; and that below the line, the... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...permillrc'a. 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 ¿ one fourth, f two thirds. The number above the line is called ¿he numerator, and that below... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Arithmetic - 1812 - 260 pages
...91. VULGAR FRACTIONS. 1. Fractions are expressions for parts of an integer or whole. Vulgar Fractions are represented by two numbers, placed one above the other, with 'a line between them. 2. The number above the line is called the numerator ,• and that below the line, the... | |
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