| George Roberts Perkins - 1849 - 356 σελίδες
...multiplying the value of the fraction by the same number. VI. That, dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number, does not alter the value of the fraction. 17. When the numerator and denominator of a fraction have no common measure, it is said to be in its... | |
| George Roberts Perkins - 1849 - 346 σελίδες
...multiplying the value of the fraction by the same number. VI. That, dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. 3<$. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number... | |
| 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 they become f ;... | |
| George Roberts Perkins - 1850 - 364 σελίδες
...multiplying the value of the fraction by the same number. VI. That, dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. 33. The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number... | |
| George Roberts Perkins - 1850 - 356 σελίδες
...the value of the fraction by the same number. III. That, multiplying both numerator and denominator by the same number, does not alter the value of the fraction. IV. That, dividing the numerator of a fraction by any number, is the same as dividing the value of... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 σελίδες
...changed, and the value of the fraction remains the same. Therefore, Dividing the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. RULE T. — Divide the numerator and denominator by any number greater than 1 , that will divide lliem... | |
| George Roberts Perkins - 1851 - 356 σελίδες
...multiplying the value of the fraction by the same number. VI. That, dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. GREATEST COMMON DIVISOR. Before proceeding to find the greatest common divisor of two numbers, we will... | |
| 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.... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 σελίδες
...changed, and the value of the fraction remains the same. Therefore, Dividing the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. RULE I. — Divide the numerator and denominator by any number greater than 1, that will divide them... | |
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