Synonyms and antonyms of Fractions and types of fraction in British Thesaurus

and (conjunction)

used between whole numbers and fractions

billionth (number)

one of a billion equal parts of something

common denominator (noun)

maths a number that can be divided exactly by all the denominators (=numbers written below the line) in a particular group of fractions. The common denominator of 1/4, 1/3, and 1/6 is 12.

common fraction (noun)

a fraction written as one number above a line and another number below the line, instead of as numbers separated by a decimal point. ¾ is a common fraction

denominator (noun)

the number that is below the line in a fraction. In ¾, 4 is the denominator. The number above the line is the numerator.

eighth (number)

one of 8 equal parts of something

eleventh (number)

one of 11 equal parts of something

fifteenth (number)

one of 15 equal parts of something

fifth (number)

one of 5 equal parts of something

fiftieth (number)

one of 50 equal parts of something

fortieth (number)

one of 40 equal parts of something

fourteenth (number)

one of 14 equal parts of something

fourth (number)

mainly American one of 4 equal parts of something

fraction (noun)

maths a division or part of a whole number, for example ½ or ¾

fractional (adjective)

relating to fractions

half (adjective)

used for referring to one of two equal parts into which an amount, group, or object can be divided

half (adjective)

used in numbers, measurements, and ages to mean ½

half (adjective)

used for saying that someone or something is made up of 50% of one thing and 50% of something else

half as much/many again ()

used for saying that an amount/a number is 50% greater than another /amount/number

hundredth (number)

one of 100 equal parts of something

improper fraction (noun)

a fraction such as 9/4 in which the number above the line is larger than the number below it

LCD (abbreviation)

lowest common denominator

lowest common denominator (noun)

mathsBritish the lowest number that can be divided by the bottom numbers of a set of fractions

micro- (prefix)

science one of a million equal parts of something: used with some nouns

milli- (prefix)

one of a thousand equal parts of something: used with many nouns

nineteenth (number)

one of 19 equal parts of something

ninetieth (number)

one of 90 equal parts of something

ninth (number)

one of nine equal parts of something

numerator (noun)

the number that appears above the line in a common fraction

one out of ten/99 out of 100 etc ()

used for saying how large a part of a group or number you are talking about

proper fraction (noun)

a fraction in which the number above the line is smaller than the number below the line, for example ¼

quarter (noun)

maths one of four equal parts of something

seventeenth (number)

one of 17 equal parts of something

seventh (number)

one of 7 equal parts of something

seventieth (number)

one of 70 equal parts of something

sixteenth (number)

one of 16 equal parts of something

sixth (number)

one of 6 equal parts of something

sixtieth (number)

one of 60 equal parts of something

tenth (number)

one of ten equal parts of something

third ()

one of 3 equal parts of something

thirteenth (number)

one of 13 equal parts of something

thirtieth (number)

one of 30 equal parts of something

thousandth (number)

one of 1,000 equal parts of something

three-quarters (noun)

three of four equal parts of something

twelfth (number)

one of 12 equal parts of something

twentieth (number)

one of 20 equal parts of something