a small part or item forming a piece of a whole the quotient of two rational numbers a component of a mixture that has been separated by a fractional process
A fraction of something is a tiny amount or proportion of it. She hesitated for a fraction of a second before responding I opened my eyes just a fraction
A way of writing numbers that are not whole numbers The fraction is written like 1/2
The field of the mantissa (or significand) of a floating point number that lies to the right of its implied binary point
A fraction such as 3/4 or -1/3 indicates the quotient of two numbers The number on the top is the numerator and the number on the bottom is the denominator It is important to remember that the denominator of a fraction can never be zero
One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude
The 23- or 52-bit field of a significand that lies to the right of its implied binary point
A fraction is an expression which consists of a numerator and a denominator (See also quotient and ratio ) Examples: Fractions: 1, 2 a, b 4, d x + 3 y Numerators: 1, a, 4, x + 3 Denominators: 2, b, d, y (b, d, y 0) When the denominator of a fraction is zero, the fraction is undefined Equivalent Fractions: 1 2 = 3 6 = 2x 4x = x + 5 2(x + 5) 1 is in the lowest terms among its equivalent fractions 2 Improper Fractions: 5, 3 9, 4 26, 7 8 2 An improper fraction is a fraction with numerator denominator It may be converted to a mixed number or a whole number: 1 2, 3 2 1, 4 3 5, 7 4 Proper Fractions: 4, 5 1, 6 7, 9 11 24 A proper fraction is a fraction with numerator < denominator Complex Fractions: 2 3 4 5 , x + 1 x 3 , 2 9 5 , 2 + 1 x x A complex fraction is a fraction whose numerator or denominator is also a fraction It may be converted to a simple fraction: 10 12 , 3(x + 1) x , 2 45 , 2x + 1 x2