This is a test. I obviously know the correct answer. I am curious to see how many others can answer this correctly. During 10 years of teaching college math and asking this same question to every class, I never got the correct response.
Give your definition in a single sentence, if you can. I want to know what YOU think is the answer, not what Google or wikipedia thinks is the definition.
This is not a trick question. Email me if you want to know the correct answer. a1mathguy@yahoo.com. I will also reply with why it is mathematically important to know the correct answer to this question.
2006-10-21 18:17:30 · 11 answers · asked by a1mathguy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Dear csulbalgebra, I'm not complaining about the students. I am concerned that they never get taught math with the precision our language makes possible.
2006-10-21 18:40:35 · update #1
It is the number at the bottom of the fraction that tells you how "small" the fraction is. The bigger a number the denominator is the smaller the fraction is. I think this is correct.
2006-10-21 18:39:10 · answer #1 · answered by djd2009 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
de·nom·i·na·tor (dÄ-nÅm'É-nÄ'tÉr)
n.
Mathematics. The expression written below the line in a common fraction that indicates the number of parts into which one whole is divided.
A common trait or characteristic.
An average level or standard: The success of the film demonstrates the denominator of public taste.
denominator (di-nom-uh-nay-tuhr)
In mathematics, the number that appears on the bottom of a fraction. In the fraction 2/3, the denominator is 3.
2006-10-22 01:26:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question is somewhat rediculus, though I realized that the students that I teach at college are really weak in fractions. The Denominator is the pat of the fraction at the bottome, the part under the numerator, the part that divides into the numerator, etc.
2006-10-22 01:23:24 · answer #3 · answered by raz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In arithmetic, a denominator is the name given to a concept that explains what 'kind' of numbers one is using to do arithmetic.
For example, when working with whole numbers, the denominator is 1 because 3 means: 3 wholes/units; 1000 means: 1000 wholes/units. Similarly, 1/2 means 1 half of a whole, etc.
And yes, I agree that this is very important.
2006-10-22 01:42:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number on the bottom part of a fraction. It may not be your version of the correct answer, but it's gotten me this far in life.
2006-10-22 01:20:19 · answer #5 · answered by Howler24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bottom number of a fraction, the one that tells you how many pieces the pie was cut in to.
Denotes how many pieces the whole was divided in to
2006-10-22 01:20:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
denominator is the number on the bottom of a fraction, used as a placemarker to the size of the fraction
2006-10-22 01:22:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the denominator is the bottom number of a fraction. .....i hope thats correct!
2006-10-22 01:20:29 · answer #8 · answered by saeed a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the number under the vinculum in a fraction.
2006-10-22 01:25:08 · answer #9 · answered by palm_of_buddha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it the bottom part of a fraction
2006-10-22 01:25:47 · answer #10 · answered by ltasticc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋