common fraction

American  

noun

Arithmetic.

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

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common fraction British  

noun

1. another name for simple fraction

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Etymology

Origin of common fraction

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

A third of American adults can’t do two-step math problems with whole numbers or handle common fractions or percentages, such as ¾ and 50 percent.

From Washington Post

They may then respond correctly when asked to write a decimal fraction, or to state which of these,—1⁄4, .4, 3⁄8, .07, .002, 5⁄6,—are common fractions and which are decimal fractions.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Many think common fractions vulgar, but they are the components of millions.

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