complex fraction

American

noun

Mathematics.

a fraction in which the numerator or the denominator or both contain one or more fractions.

complex fraction British

noun

Also called: compound fraction. maths a fraction in which the numerator or denominator or both contain fractions

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Etymology

Origin of complex fraction

First recorded in 1820–30

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Recall from Use the Language of Algebra that a complex fraction is a fraction that contains a fraction in the numerator, the denominator or both.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

A complex fraction is another way of writing division of two fractions.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

A fraction in which the numerator or the denominator is a fraction is called a complex fraction.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

You can evaluate the limit of a function by factoring and canceling, by multiplying by a conjugate, or by simplifying a complex fraction.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Thus “�3, 17s. 6d. per cent.” is really the complex fraction 3 176⁄12 20 100 70.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

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