sqrt(3)/sqrt(2) is division but not fraction.
Sanjiva
--- Vinaire <vinaire@yahoo.com> wrote:
> A fraction is represented by a ratio of two numbers,
> but not all ratios are fractions. A fraction is a
> single quantity.
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> Vinaire
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> From: testimprove <bonnerentree2003@yahoo.fr>
> To: Math4u@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 4:43:14 PM
> Subject: [Math4u] Re: Does fraction mean division?
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> hello,
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> "Fractions result from INEXACT DIVISION, when we
> view the remainder as a ratio of the divisor. "
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> 19 divid by 8 = quotient 2 and the remainder 3
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> so the ratio 3 : 8 is equal to the fraction 3/8
> isn't it?
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> 35 divided by 6 = quotient 5 and the remainder 5
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> so the ratio is 5 : 6 and the fraction is 5/6
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> my question is :
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> when I see the fraction as for example : 9/14 I can
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> that is a ratio 9 :14 and this ratio is from some
> division where the remainder is 9 and the divisor is
> 14.
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> How to find this fraction?
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> if Q is the quotient of this division , I can say
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> Q x 14+9= the dividend.
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> but that didn't give the concret division
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> Badriya
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> --- In Math4u@yahoogroups. com, Vinaire
> <vinaire@...> wrote:
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> > Fractions are directly related to the concept of
> divison.
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> > Fractions result from INEXACT DIVISION, when we
> view the remainder as a ratio of the divisor. This
> gives us a mixed number.
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> > Vinaire
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> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: badriyaraihani bonnerentree2003@ ...
> > To: Math4u@yahoogroups. com
> > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:07:23 PM
> > Subject: [Math4u] Does fraction mean division?
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> > Hi everyone,
> > What is ¾ ?
> > We can visualize ¾ as 1 pizza cut into 4
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> > equal slices and you get 3 slices.each
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> > slice equals ¼ . and you get 3x1/4. In
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> > this case ¾ is a fraction (we do the share within
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> > have a whole (1) we mut add 1/4.This is a unit
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> > But ¾ can also be seen as 3 pizzas to be shared
> among 4 persons.
> > We have 3 units .here we say that we have to
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> > units into 4.This is a plural partition
> > So in this case ¾ is a division
> > In the both cases the fraction bar(/) is used .
> this slash
> > sometimes mean fraction and sometimes division.
> > It is a big mistake to say that fraction mean
> division.only in
> > the case of the unit fractions( fractions which
> have 1 as
> > numerator) that the meaning of fraction is equal
> to the
> > meaning of division.
> > The fraction ¼ is the same of 1 divided by 4
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> > Badriya
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