 | Seth Davis - 1830 - 206 páginas
...between them. The lower number expresses the number of parts the thing or number is divided into, and is called the denominator. The number above the line is called the numerator, and expresses the number of parts taken. 1. If an apple or orange be divided into two parts, one of... | |
 | Daniel Harrison - 1837 - 188 páginas
...small, that has a divisor, must evidently be a fraction. This divisor is placed under the line, and is called the denominator ; the number above the line is called the numerator ; which, in its nature, is the very reverse of its denominator. Any number with a divisor beneath it,... | |
 | Henry Raper - 1840 - 700 páginas
...shews the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided, gives the name to the fraction, and is called the denominator. The number above the line is called the numerator, because by it we enumerate, or express the number of parts taken. 4. Tenths, hundredths (which are... | |
 | William Aloysius Boylan, Floyd R. Smith - 1916 - 172 páginas
...group of things, is divided ? Which number in a fraction shows how many of the equal parts are taken ? The number below the line is called* the denominator....The number above the line is called the numerator. The numerator and the denominator are called the terms of the fraction. 7. Give answers : \ 3 67. Oral... | |
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... is called the denominator. The number above the line is called the numerator, because by it we enumerate, or express the number of parts taken. 