|
|
Definition of Complex fraction
1. Noun. A fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator.
Definition of Complex fraction
1. Noun. (mathematics) Any fraction in which either or both of the numerator or denominator are themselves fractions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complex Fraction
Literary usage of Complex fraction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pelicotetics, Or, The Science of Quantity: Or, The Science of Quantity. An by Archibald Sandeman (1868)
"is called the NUMERATOR and the latter - the DENO- s MINATOR of the complex
fraction, also the numerator and denominator of a complex fraction are called ..."
2. Introduction to The National Arithmetic: On the Inductive System Combining by Benjamin Greenleaf (1874)
"Reduce the terms of the complex fraction, if necessary, to the form of a simple
fraction. Then divide the numerator of the complex fraction by its ..."
3. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1921)
"Thus, in the first complex fraction, the numerator is f and the denominator is
7, the expression meaning also f -H 7; in the second complex fraction, ..."
4. School Algebra by George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith (1913)
"complex fraction. A fraction that has one or more fractions in either or both of
its terms is called a complex fraction. A complex fraction is merely an ..."
5. Elementary Algebra by Herbert Ellsworth Slaught, Nels Johann Lennes (1915)
"A complex fraction is one which contains one or more fractions in its ... _ a .
x + 1 x— 1 1+1 Eg _ and l 1 • a x—I x+1 Simplifying a complex fraction. ..."
6. New Elementary Algebra: Containing the Rudiments of the Science for Schools by Horatio Nelson Robinson (1879)
"The division of one fraction by another, or of one mixed quantity by another,
may be indicated in the form of a complex fraction, and the result reduced to ..."
7. A Practical Treatise on Algebra: Designed for the Use of Students in High by Benjamin Greenleaf (1867)
"To reduce a complex fraction to a simple one. HULK. If the numerator or denominator,
or both, be whole or mixed quantities, reduce them to improper ..."
Other Resources:
