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''of an arithmetic fraction <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n067/n067970/n0679701.png" />''

The integer <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n067/n067970/n0679702.png" /> that shows how many times the portion <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n067/n067970/n0679703.png" /> is used to make up the fraction. The numerator of an algebraic fraction <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n067/n067970/n0679704.png" /> is the expression <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/n/n067/n067970/n0679705.png" /> (cf. [[Fraction|Fraction]]).