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Definition of Compound fraction
1. Noun. A fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compound Fraction
Literary usage of Compound fraction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A compound fraction is a fraction of another fraction, or of a whole or mixed
... To reduce a compound fraction to a limpie one, multiply the numerators ..."
2. The Scholar's Arithmetic, Or, Federal Accountant ...: The Whole in a Form by Daniel Adams (1833)
"л* : 1. Reduce J of a penny to the fraction of a pound. EXAMPLES. By comparing
it, the compound fraction will be £ of т'г of J^. ..."
3. A New and Complete System of Arithmetick: Composed for the Use of the by Nicolas Pike, Chester Dewey (1832)
"If the denominator of any member of a compound fraction 1m equal to the numerator
of another member thereof, these- equal numerators and denominators may be ..."
4. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1921)
"A compound fraction is a fraction of a fraction. Thus, | of iV, or fX TT) is a
compound fraction. Since division of a fraction by a fraction is changed into ..."
5. The Philosophy of Arithmetic as Developed from the Three Fundamental by Edward Brooks (1880)
"The compound fraction, it is thus seen, originated in the extension of the ...
This idea of a compound fraction leads to the division of fractions into two ..."
6. Shop Mathematics by Earle Bertram Norris, Kenneth Gardner Smith, Ralph Thurman Craigo (1912)
"This is called a compound fraction. If we remember that a fraction indicates the
division of the numerator by the denominator, we will see that a compound ..."
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