I believe it is because the bottom of a fraction is the size or denomination of the fraction and the top is the number of pieces of that fraction.
It can be thought of like money, we have different denominations e.g. $5, $10, etc. and we can have a number of those denominations, I have 5, five dollar bills.
I think both denomination and denominator have the same Latin root.
The top part of the fraction is called the numerator. The bottom part of a fraction is called the denominator. Numerator, as, in 3/4, 3 is the numerator and 4 is the denominator. The top number of a fraction is called a numerator and the bottom is called the denominator.
Probably because they they were Greek words
An improper fraction has a numerator greater than the denominator. When the numerator and denominator are equal, that's called "1."
when you flip the numerator and denominator you call it the reciprocal. hope it helped.
An improper fraction has a numerator greater than the denominator. When the numerator and denominator are equal, that's called "1."
It is the denominator and the top number is the numerator
A fraction has two parts. On the top is the numerator, and on the bottom is the denominator. The line separating them is called the vinculum.
An improper fraction has a numerator greater than the denominator. When the numerator and denominator are equal, that's called "1."
A fraction
The numerator of the second ratio and the denominator of the first ratio are called the means, and the numerator of the first ratio and the denominator of the second ratio are called the extremes. The product of the means equals the product of the extremes.
it is called a reciprocol
It is called a vinculum.