IN MATH: 1. n. a number written as the ratio of two numbers usually written in the form a/b, where b is not zero, and having the value of a divided by b; the ratio of the numerator to the denominator. EX. An im proper fraction may be changed to a mixed number. 2. as defined below.

IN ENGLISH: 1. n. a part. EX. Give me a fraction of that, not the whole piece.

APPLICATION: See list 20.

1. State the fraction which is equivalent to 9 divided by 7.

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