tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 11 11:57:04 2000
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Re: fractions
jatlhlu'
>It is common in English to call 2/3 "two over 3"
jang voragh:
>I've never heard this. But then, I've only been speaking American English
for
>44 years. I've only heard "two-thirds". Would you really say, "Give me two
>over three of the pie?"
>
>Is this how they're teaching kids to say fractions now? I suppose it works
for
>higher order fractions, e.g. 23/345 "twenty three over three forty five" is
>simpler than "twenty three three-hundred-forty-fifths".
Students are still generally taught to say "23 345ths," but for
algebraic expressions, "over" is almost always used. For example, 1/x is
pronounced "one over ex." Clearly, this is a reference to the
numerator's position over the denominator.
DujHoD