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Q: What it the number above the line in a fraction called?
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What is the number above the line in a fraction called?

it is a NumeratorBY:Emily


What is the number ontop of the line in a fraction called?

The number above the line in a fraction is called the numerator. The number below the line is called the denominator. So in the fraction 5/7 5 is the numerator and 7 is the denominator.


How do you know which number is the numerator?

The numerator in a fraction is above the line.


What name is given to the number above the line of a vulgar fraction?

The top number is called the numerator and the bottom number called the denominator. The line that usually separates the numerator and denominator. If slanting it is called a solidus or forward slash, for example 3⁄4. If the line is horizontal, it is called a vinculum or, informally, a "fraction bar"


What is the number above the line in a fraction call?

It is the numerator.


What is the definition for the expression written above the line in a common fraction to indicate the number of parts of the whole is known s the what?

The number at the top of a fraction is called the numerator.(The number at the bottom is the denominator.)


Using the fraction 46 which number is the denominator in math?

The number above the line.


What is a numerical fraction?

The number above the line is the numerator. The number below the line is the denominator.


'What name is given to the number above the line of a vulgar fraction?

Numerator


The number below the fraction bar in a fraction that shows the total number line are called?

The denominator in the unsimplified fraction.


If the number above the line is smaller than the number below the line it is a fraction?

It is a fraction if the number below the line is not zero. If the ABSOLUTE value of the number above the line is smaller than the ABSOLUTE value of the number below the line then it is a proper fraction. Otherwise it is an improper fraction.So, -7 is smaller than 2 but -7/2 is not a proper fraction because the absolute value of -7 (which is 7) is not smaller than the absolute value of 2 (= 2).


How can you be sure that a fraction is simplified?

A fraction is in its simplest form when the numerator (number above the line) and denominator (number below the line) have no factor in common - other than 1.