fraction

Example Sentences

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Kids in elementary school learn—or are supposed to learn—how to add fractions and round numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal

While the donations represent only a fraction of the ongoing recovery effort, officials say international attention has helped amplify local relief work and drawn new resources to survivors who lost homes, belongings and loved ones.

From Salon

That tiny fraction, incidentally, came to more than a billion dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal

"There is a high probability that this policy will only raise a fraction of the amount expected by the chancellor."

From BBC

Numerous individuals own more than one bitcoin, for example, while others own just a fraction of one.

From MarketWatch