simple fraction
noun
: a fraction having whole numbers for the numerator and denominator compare complex fraction
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Pi is an irrational number, meaning that it cannot be expressed as a simple fraction.
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Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2021
But irrational constants such as π and √2—numbers that cannot be reduced to a simple fraction—frequently crop up in science and engineering.
—Leila Sloman, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2019
Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2021
But irrational constants such as π and √2—numbers that cannot be reduced to a simple fraction—frequently crop up in science and engineering.
—Leila Sloman, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2019
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