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A simple fraction (also known as a common fraction or vulgar fraction, where vulgar is Latin for "common") is a rational number written as a / b or , where a and b are both integers. [9] As with other fractions, the denominator (b) cannot be zero. Examples include 1 2 , − 8 5 , −8 5 , and 8 −5 .
For example, the fraction 22 / 7 is greater than π, but 22 / 7 − π is less than 1 / 7 × 106 = 1 / 742 (in fact, 22 / 7 − π is just more than 1 / 791 = 1 / 7 × 113 ).
A fraction which is cyclic thus has a recurring decimal of even length that divides into two sequences in nines' complement form. For example 1 / 7 starts '142' and is followed by '857' while 6 / 7 (by rotation) starts '857' followed by its nines' complement '142'.
Problems 1–7, 7B and 8–40 are concerned with arithmetic and elementary algebra. Problems 1–6 compute divisions of a certain number of loaves of bread by 10 men and record the outcome in unit fractions. Problems 7–20 show how to multiply the expressions 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 = 7/4, and 1 + 2/3 + 1/3 = 2 by different fractions.
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The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, [1][2] an ancient Egyptian mathematical work, includes a mathematical table for converting rational numbers of the form 2/ n into Egyptian fractions (sums of distinct unit fractions), the form the Egyptians used to write fractional numbers. The text describes the representation of 50 rational numbers.
A fixed-point representation of a fractional number is essentially an integer that is to be implicitly multiplied by a fixed scaling factor. For example, the value 1.23 can be stored in a variable as the integer value 1230 with implicit scaling factor of 1/1000 (meaning that the last 3 decimal digits are implicitly assumed to be a decimal fraction), and the value 1 230 000 can be represented ...
Algebraic fraction. In algebra, an algebraic fraction is a fraction whose numerator and denominator are algebraic expressions. Two examples of algebraic fractions are and . Algebraic fractions are subject to the same laws as arithmetic fractions. A rational fraction is an algebraic fraction whose numerator and denominator are both polynomials.