 | John Husband (math. master, Berwick.) - 1841 - 126 σελίδες
...is 24. NOTE 1. — Any integer may be considered a fraction whose denominator is 1 ; thus, <,-';. 2. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number, does not change its value. REDUCTION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. I. To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent... | |
 | James Haddon - 1849 - 144 σελίδες
...be performed ? By what two operations may the division of a fraction by a whole number be performed? What effect is produced upon the value of a fraction by multiplying or dividing both its terms by the same number? Define and explain the terms measure, common measure, greatest common... | |
 | Uriah Parke - 1850 - 402 σελίδες
...case have one half. From this proposition the following results as a matter of course. PROPOSITION 25. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. If the terms of | be multiplied by 2, they become f% and if divided by 2... | |
 | John Hunter - 1852 - 184 σελίδες
...measure of 1173 and 1518. The principal steps of the investigation may be marked as follows : — * Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number is, in effect, multiplying or dividing the fraction by unity. Thus JX % = f J ; but T, = 1 ; therefore... | |
 | David Henry Cruttenden - 1853 - 330 σελίδες
...simplest terms. 17. Reduce ^i/j of a dollar to its lowest terms. 18. What is the simplest form of REMARK. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number, only alters its form not its value. (See Division, sec. 175.) 19. Reduce -f^-g to its simplest form.... | |
 | James Gray - 1854 - 120 σελίδες
...fraction, as 4^. NOTE 1. Any whole number may be expressed like a fraction, by writing 1 under it. 2. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. REDUCTION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. PROB. l. To reduce a fraction to its lowest... | |
 | John Daniel Runkle - 1860 - 460 σελίδες
...2. Reduction of Fractions to a Common Denominator. — After the pupil has thoroughly learned that multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value, he is then prepared to learn how to reduce fractions to a common denominator.... | |
 | 1860 - 462 σελίδες
...2. Reduction of Fractions to a Common Denominator. — After the pupil has thoroughly learned that multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value, he is then prepared to learn how to reduce fractions to a common denominator.... | |
 | Alexander Duncan (Educator) - 1863 - 168 σελίδες
...21. What is the effect of dividing the numerator of a fraction? ART. 113. 23. What is the effect of multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number? ART. 116, 117. 24. Prove that these proposition* are true. АRT. 117, Dem. 1-6. 25. How many and what... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1868 - 238 σελίδες
...NOTE. — Change § and | to the most convenient denomination.* • Twelfths. ILLUSTRATION. FORM. — Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value ; hence if the terms of f are multiplied by 4, and the terms of | are multiplied... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 
