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here is the definition of Fraction: "|a number that results from dividing one whole number (= a number with no part of a number after it) by another" I know that fraction is not an integer number. Integer is 2, 4, 5, 9, etc. Fraction is 0.35, 0.55555 etc. So my question is actually the...
Senior Member. If you can do so, use ½. It is generally easier to read, and if you are combining whole numbers and fractions, this can be very difficult to do using forms like 1/2. For example, it is easy to read 2½ minutes, but it can become confusing when you have written 2 1/2 minutes. The ½ format is only available for a handful of ...
U.S. English. Apr 7, 2016. #2. Teaching positions are often expressed as fractions of a full-time position, for example: 0.5 FTE (FTE stands for full-time equivalent) - this person works half the number of hours of a full-time employee. 0.6 FTE - this person works 3 out of 5 days, for example. E.
With a few exceptions, plurals of spelled-out units are formed conventionally. Use the singular form with numbers less than or equal to 1, and use the plural form with numbers greater than 1. (In spoken English, however, decimal numbers take the plural form even if they are less than 1, e.g. "a quarter second" but "zero point two five seconds.")
SSBE (Standard Southern British English) Jun 17, 2024. #11. I agree that "a fraction of ...." would usually be understood as a figure under 50%. If someone managed to purchase a $100 product for $50, we'd expect them to say "I got it for half the price". If someone says "a fraction of...", we'd normally presume it was a price even lower than ...
Jul 22, 2023. #28. 3/2 (three over two) is an improper fraction - useful in calculations but vanishingly rare in everyday use: We use mixed fractions*. *When I worked with U.S. blueprints; even at their most demented - 27 63/64 " - they never used improper fractions.
Colorado. English-US. Feb 19, 2016. #2. Hi, Ma linka. The writer was probably using "a small fraction" to mean "a small number of these reactions". With that thought in mind, it makes sense to use "have". If I was talking about a fraction in arithmetic, I'd use the singular: 3/8 is greater than 1/16. M.
Senior Member. 台灣台北 Taipei, Taiwan. Chinese - Taiwan 中文 Taiwanese Hokkien 臺語. Aug 4, 2016. #1. A fraction means a numerical quantity that is not a whole number, e.g. 1/2, 5/8, 4/9, etc. It is composed of two parts: a denominator (the 2 in 1/2) and the numerator (the 1 in 1/2). How do you say denominator and numerator and how do ...
Personally, I would consider anything that included a decimal portion of an hour to be followed by "hours": 0.5 hours, 1.5 hours, 1.1 hours, 0.0 hours, even 1.0 hours. If it were were written in a fraction, though, I would expect anything above 0 and up to 1 to be "hour": 1/10 hour, 1/2 hour, 3/4 hour, 1 hour, 1 3/4 hours.
Hello, everyone. In France, Hydro powder and natural gas declined to a tiny fraction of 2 units each by 2000. In France, Hydro powder and natural gas declined, constituting a tiny fraction of the combined total with 2 units each. The pie charts below show units of electricity production by fuel source in Australia and France in 1980 and 2000 ...