The Numerator expresses the number of parts of the broken unit, or integer; or shows how many of the parts of the unit are expressed by the fraction.
A Compound fraction is a fraction of a fraction, as ⅔ of ⅘.
A Mixed number consists of a whole number with a fraction annexed to it, as 4⅖.
An Improper fraction has the numerator greater than the denominator, as 6/5.
REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS.
is bringing them from one denomination to another.
To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms.
Rule.—Divide the numerator, and the denominator, by any number that exactly divides them, and the quotients by any other number, till they can be no longer divided by any whole number, when the fraction will be in its lowest terms.
Example.—Reduce 4032 6048 to its lowest terms.