mixed numbern.
/ˌmɪks(t) ˈnʌmbə/, U.S. /ˌmɪks(t) ˈnəmbər/ Mathematics.
A number which consists of an integer and a proper fraction. Formerly also: †a whole number expressed by two or more arabic numerals (obsolete).
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compositea1500
mixed number1552
compound number1557
binit1953
double digits1974
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mixed number1552
mixed fraction1706
c1450 Art Nombryng in R. Steele Earliest Arithm. in Eng. (1922) 33 Of nombres, that one is clepede digitalle, that othere Article, Another a nombre componede oþer myxt.
1543 R. Record Ground of Artes i. sig. B.vi That number is called myxte that conteyneth articles, or at ye least one article, and a digette.]
1552 R. Record Ground of Artes (rev. ed.) ii. sig. P.viiv Myxte numbres (that is hole numbres with fractions).
1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus 3 If many Digits alone, or many Digits and Cyphers stand together..promiscuously placed one among another, such Numbers are called Mixt or Compound Numbers.
1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 91 Reduce the fractions to a mixed number.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 443/2 21/ 3; 35/ 7, &c., are mixed numbers.
1988 I. S. Ferguson Living Math. for Caribbean 35 If you get an improper fraction as an answer to a problem you should always change it to a mixed number.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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