Sentences with phrase «by a fraction»

It is not worth the frustration you'll get from missing the perfect timing by a fraction of a second and then dying.

Teach your fourth grader an important math concept with this quick and simple activity that shows him how to divide whole numbers by fractions.

Using a series of «traffic lights,» it reduces your shower time by a fraction each time, helping you save on your water bill without trying.

Top shares fell in 2008 and 2009, but only by a fraction of the overall surge.

For every additional $ 1,000 of tuition charged, graduation chances increased by a fraction of a percent.

So if you just started making student loan payments, you could be paying hundreds of dollars a month only to see your balance decrease by a fraction of that amount.

So for a $ 200,000 mortgage, a point would cost $ 2,000, and buying the point would generally lower your interest rate by a fraction of a percentage point.

Even the highest - grossing documentary of the coming year is going to be seen by a fraction of the people who see the highest - grossing fiction films.

However, there are times when you want to instantly increase your size by a fraction of an inch.

So, it's a good idea to reduce a nutrient amount on the label by a fraction.

While the gains were more modest than in previous years, they still reflected overall improvement while the state average fell by a fraction of a percentage point.

It's wider (admittedly by fractions of an inch) than every full - size German or Japanese sedan.

It is the smallest of the devices here, despite also offering the smallest display by a fraction, and it holds it own in the most sections.

Slowly I started building my holdings by fractions of shares.

If your aim shifts by a fraction of a pixel after the scene starts, you fail.

So heat that boils the harbour would only warm the entire ocean by a fraction of a degree.

One way to analyze this is by fractions of stars.

It mostly covers Module 4 which encompasses adding / subtracting fractions, multiplying fraction by whole numbers, and multiplying fractions by fractions.

The calculator would then interpret this as whole multiplied by the fraction part!!!

PRODUCT PERKS Find equivalent fractions or decimal values to make matches with colorful dominoes Can be used to play a standard game of dominoes where students match values to form a train of dice Dominoes have either numerical values or values represented by fraction circles or squares Plastic is durable and easy to clean INCLUDES 30 Fraction / Decimal Dominoes

However, i request you to tell us the one whose chart price never lags behind the market price even by a fraction of a second, and in which order placement is easiest with fast execution.

I can not count how many times I died from missing a jump by a fraction of a centimetre and sometimes I died while still being alive.

The authors also reported a reduction in teenage parenthood and increases in neighborhood socioeconomic status (as measured by the fraction of neighbors with a college education) and savings (as indicated by having a 401k retirement account).

Cutting the European Union's greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from 1990 levels by 2030 would reduce economic growth by a fraction of a percent, Britain's minister for energy and climate change said on Thursday.

For the moment, researchers are particularly interested in the stair steps whose «height» is described by a fraction with an even denominator.

The lore of the «Halo» series is loved by a fraction of that overall fanbase, and it's games like «Halo Wars» that help keep that dedicated fanbase loyal.

If you plan to increase your bread recipe by a fraction (for example, make a 1.5 x batch), you may want to use bakersâ $ ™ percentages, which we explain in some detail on our blog called «Baker's Percentage: Scaling bread recipes up and down the accurate (and easy) way.»

I made a version of these last night — I substituted the sugar with applesauce and reduced the liquid ingredients by a fraction.

It was Reed by the fraction of the «ball marker,» the referee shouted.

Dybala stood over the free kick and again hit the wall, but this time the deflection ballooned toward the goal, missing the post by a fraction.

No harm is done, except that Parliament is by a fraction further diminished.

The democracy is a politeia where the interest for everybody is sacrificed by a fraction, J. de Romilly, The basements of the democracy (Problémes de la démocratie grecque).

Recent stark examples of the absurdity in a «winner - takes - all» system occurred in Florida and New Mexico during the 2000 presidential election when candidate George W. Bush won both states by a fraction of a percentage point, but gained the total number of each state's electoral votes.

23:44 - Apparently Ukip lost out on an Assembly seat by a fraction of a percent.

Blair directly addressed the issue of immigration in his speech, arguing that leaving the EU would only reduce the number of new arrivals to the UK by a fraction.

During El Niño events, strong winds can slow Earth's rotation by a fraction of a millisecond every 24 hours.

Once funded by a fraction of a percentage of NASA's budget, SETI has relied on private donors to maintain the interstellar dial tone since 1993 — courtesy of one senator, who killed any substantial SETI funding for the foreseeable future.

The hourglass is a robust consequence of spatial symmetries that translate the origin by a fraction of the lattice period, he explained.

Previous research has shown motor - related brain activity preceding conscious intent by a fraction of a second, but this study is the first to show unconscious predictive activity in a region associated with decision making — the prefrontal cortex — according to Haynes.

He explains that electric current makes the piezoelectric PZT shrink and expand by a fraction of a percent of its total length.