fractions
Example Sentences
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Hedge funds employ the best AI researchers available, spending hundreds of millions of dollars annually to extract fractions of a percentage point of edge.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
You don’t have to be an expert in fractions to know that is bad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Another five publications followed, including a 2025 textbook on continued fractions published by Springer.
From Slate ● May 2, 2026
The surprise Saturday was how close Plutarch was to the lead, tracking the equally surprising pacesetter Intrepido through solid fractions of 47.65 for a half-mile and 1:11.35 for six furlongs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
Unfortunately, they don’t do as effective a job in teaching when to add or subtract, when to multiply or divide, or how to convert from fractions to decimals or percentages.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
