vulgar fraction

noun

1. common fraction.

vulgar fraction

noun

1. another name for simple fraction

Word History and Origins

Origin of vulgar fraction¹

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

Expressed as a vulgar fraction it is 2/3; but as a decimal fraction it is .6666 ad infinitum.

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She perfectly scorned the best of his clan, and declared the ninth of any man, a perfectly vulgar fraction.

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A vulgar fraction is reduced to a decimal by dividing the numerator (increased sufficiently with ciphers) by the denominator.

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He wondered if 6/4 was a vulgar fraction, and if so, he thought it would be better to express it as a mixed number, 1½.

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Change one hundred and two thousandths (.102) into a vulgar fraction of the same value.

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