common fraction

American

noun

Arithmetic.

a fraction represented as a numerator above and a denominator below a horizontal or diagonal line.

common fraction British

noun

another name for simple fraction

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Etymology

Origin of common fraction

First recorded in 1890–95

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common fraction

Happiness, said Carlyle, is as the value of a common fraction, which results from dividing the numerator by the denominator.

From 21 by Frank Crane

Expressed by a common fraction it is merely 1/3, which is an incomplete mathematical figure.

From The Hidden Power And Other Papers upon Mental Science by T. (Thomas) Troward

Can the same words mean both a common fraction and a decimal fraction?

From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Edward L. (Edward Lee) Thorndike

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