 | Uriah Parke - 1849 - 414 σελίδες
...ninths, or tenths, as the unit or entire thing is divided into 8, 9 or 10 parts. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. Or we may consider the numerator as expressing so many integers and the denominator as telling how... | |
 | Uriah Parke - 1850 - 402 σελίδες
...ninths, or tenths, as the unit or entire thing is divided into 8, 9 or 10 parts. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. Or we may consider the numerator as expressing so many integers and the denominator as telling how... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 σελίδες
...FRACTIONS is the operation of changing the fractional unit without altering the value of the fraction. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. CASE I. 164. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. 1. Reduce y7^ to its... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1856 - 450 σελίδες
...FRACTIONS is the operation of changing the fractional unit without altering the value of the fraction. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. CASE I. 121. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. 1. Reduce Tyj to its... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1857 - 348 σελίδες
...137. REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS Is changing their form without altering their value. CASE I. ART. 138. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction...numerator and denominator are prime to each other. Art. 110, Def. 5. Thus, ij is in its lowest terms, while | J is not. 1. Reduce ?* to its lowest terms.... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1859 - 116 σελίδες
...will 2 pounds cost ? 25. In 64 nails, how many yards ? LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH. 1 . Reduce •,"„• to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when no number greater than a unit will divide both numerator and denominator without a remainder. 8 will... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1860 - 330 σελίδες
...product over this given denominator. SECOND TRANSFORMATION. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. 87. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator contain no common factors. It has been shown, that both terms of a fraction may be divided by the same... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1863 - 350 σελίδες
...lower terms when it is reduced to an equivalent fraction having a smaller numerator and denominator. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. I. Reduce j| to fifths. SOLCTIOW. — One equals }f and ^ equals OPEBATIOS. 8 fifteenths; hence, one... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1863 - 338 σελίδες
...REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS is the process of changing their forms without altering their values. CASE I. 124. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its terms are prime to each other. 1. Reduce „ . to its lowest terms. 9 6 с We factor both terms.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1864 - 444 σελίδες
...Reduction of a fraction is the operation of changing its form without altering its value. CASE I. 124. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction...the same factor in both numerator and denominator, (HO. Ill), we have the following RULE. I. Resolve the numerator and denominator into tlieir prime factors,... | |
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To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A Fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 1. Reduce - to its lowest terms. 
