 | William Guy Peck - 1877 - 430 σελίδες
...principles : 5°. Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. 6°. Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS. 66. Reduction is the operation of changing the form of a number... | |
 | William James Milne - 1877 - 418 σελίδες
...Smallest, or Lowest Terms when its numerator and denominator have no common divisor. 161. PRINCIPLE. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change tlie value of the fraction. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 162. 1. Change ff to an equivalent fraction expressed... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - 1877 - 374 σελίδες
...denominator multiplies the fraction. PKIN. III. Multiplying or dividing both terms of the frao tion by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. These three principles may be embraced in one GENERAL LAW. 125. A change in the NUMERATOR produces... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1877 - 250 σελίδες
...its Lowest Terms, when ita numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 235. PRINCIPLES. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. 1. How many fourths are equal to -^ ? ff ? J$ ? 2. Reduce ^ to fifths ; £| to eighths.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1877 - 350 σελίδες
...result is T65; in T«j there are twice as many parts as in |, but they are only one-half as large. 6. Dividing both, terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. Thus, if both terms of Д be divided by 2, the result will be f; in f there are only... | |
 | Andrew H. Baker - 1878 - 204 σελίδες
...or subtracted, so only fractions of the same denominator can be directly added or subtracted. 4. As multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value, consequently fractions having different denominators are readily reduced to a common... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1889 - 482 σελίδες
...reducing a fraction to lower terms. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 1. Reduce f J to fifths. SOLUTION. — Since dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change ite value (Prin. 6)ti=l. 5), we may reduce f$ to lower tenns by dividing both * " numerator... | |
 | Edward Olney - 1879 - 420 σελίδες
...fraction by the same number, or by dividing both terms by the same number. Demonstration. — Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction; because multiplying the numerator multiplies the number of parts, while multiplying the denominator... | |
 | Edward Olney - 1879 - 404 σελίδες
...fraction by the same number, or by dividing both terms uy the same number. DEMONSTRATION. — Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction; because multiplying the numerator multiplies the number of parts, while multiplying the denominator... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1879 - 190 σελίδες
...reached more readily by dividing both terms of the fraction by 2. Dividing the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. 52. Reduce T62- to sixths. To fourths. NOTE. — A fraction is said to be reduced to lower terms when... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. 
