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  2. Fraction - Wikipedia

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    (For example, two-fifths is the fraction ⁠ 2 / 5 ⁠ and two fifths is the same fraction understood as 2 instances of ⁠ 1 / 5 ⁠.) Fractions should always be hyphenated when used as adjectives. Alternatively, a fraction may be described by reading it out as the numerator over the denominator, with the denominator expressed as a cardinal ...

  3. Irreducible fraction - Wikipedia

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    For example, ⁠ 1 / 4 ⁠, ⁠ 5 / 6 ⁠, and ⁠ −101 / 100 ⁠ are all irreducible fractions. On the other hand, ⁠ 2 / 4 ⁠ is reducible since it is equal in value to ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠, and the numerator of ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ is less than the numerator of ⁠ 2 / 4 ⁠. A fraction that is reducible can be reduced by dividing both the numerator ...

  4. Continued fraction - Wikipedia

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    5.1 The continued fraction as a composition of LFTs. 5.2 A geometric interpretation. ... which can be simplified, by folding each pair of fractions into one fraction, to

  5. Lowest common denominator - Wikipedia

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    For example, the numerators of fractions with common denominators can simply be added, such that + = and that <, since each fraction has the common denominator 12. Without computing a common denominator, it is not obvious as to what 5 12 + 11 18 {\displaystyle {\frac {5}{12}}+{\frac {11}{18}}} equals, or whether 5 12 {\displaystyle {\frac {5 ...

  6. Farey sequence - Wikipedia

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    With the restricted definition, each Farey sequence starts with the value 0, denoted by the fraction ⁠ 0 / 1 ⁠, and ends with the value 1, denoted by the fraction1 / 1 ⁠ (although some authors omit these terms). A Farey sequence is sometimes called a Farey series, which is not strictly correct, because the terms are not summed. [2]

  7. Square root of 5 - Wikipedia

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    The diagonal of a half square forms the basis for the geometrical construction of a golden rectangle.. The golden ratio φ is the arithmetic mean of 1 and . [4] The algebraic relationship between , the golden ratio and the conjugate of the golden ratio (Φ = − ⁠ 1 / φ ⁠ = 1 − φ) is expressed in the following formulae:

  8. Clearing denominators - Wikipedia

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    The simplified equation is not entirely equivalent to the original. For when we substitute y = 0 and z = 0 in the last equation, both sides simplify to 0, so we get 0 = 0 , a mathematical truth. But the same substitution applied to the original equation results in x /6 + 0/0 = 1 , which is mathematically meaningless .

  9. Egyptian fraction - Wikipedia

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    For instance, Egyptian fractions can help in dividing food or other objects into equal shares. [1] For example, if one wants to divide 5 pizzas equally among 8 diners, the Egyptian fraction = + means that each diner gets half a pizza plus another eighth of a pizza, for example by splitting 4 pizzas into 8 halves, and the remaining pizza into 8 ...