Examples of numerator in a Sentence

The numerator in the fraction 3/5 is 3.

Recent Examples on the Web If the denominator becomes a bigger number, so will the numerator, the thinking goes. — Marla Broadfoot, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2022 The Index will be higher, obviously, with fewer laws in the denominator or with more rules in the numerator. — Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022 It’s the numerator — offense — that is the variable in the San Diego State basketball equation. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2022 Or – the numerator in the CFR calculation, which is the number of infections officially reported, was too small by a factor of 3 or 4. — George Calhoun, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022 Estate taxes should be included in the numerator too, said Columbia University economist Wojciech Kopczuk. — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021 The numerator is also tricky for middle-income households. — Richard Rubin, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2021 But now that physicians know what to look for, the numerator in that ratio will likely change as well. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021 Banks are now buying back stock and distributing capital to shareholders, or, in SLR terms, willfully reducing their numerator. — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 13 Mar. 2021 See More

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