 | Edward Gideon - 1902 - 182 σελίδες
...having a smaller numerator and denominator. Thus, jg, expressed in lower terms, equals g or -. 227. A fraction is reduced to its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are made prime to each other. Thus, - is in its lowest terms, because no integer greater than 1 will... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - 1902 - 168 σελίδες
...fraction and then multiply it by the same number, and the value of the fraction is not changed. REDUCING FRACTIONS TO LOWEST TERMS A fraction is reduced to its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. RULE. — Divide the numerator and denominator... | |
 | American School (Chicago, Ill.) - 1903 - 426 σελίδες
...by the same number is equivalent to dividing the fraction by unity, and does not change the value. A fraction is reduced to its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator cannot be divided by the same number without a remainder, for example -£, |, |, -J-|, ||. 9. By the... | |
 | John Charles Stone, James Franklin Millis - 1905 - 776 σελίδες
...lower terms, respectively. 104. Reducing a fraction to its lowest terms. Л fraction is said to he in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor. To reduce и fraction to its lowest ternis, divide both its numerator und denominator by all of their... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - 1906 - 576 σελίδες
...eclual f Hence, dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. 87. A fraction is reduced to its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator cannot both be divided by the tame number without a remainder; for example, f, }, fä, -fg. 88. EXAMPLES... | |
 | James S. Sweet - 1907 - 268 σελίδες
...To reduce a fraction to I/ower Terms is to express its terms in less numbers. As, ff = \% = |. 150. A fraction is reduced to its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factors. 151. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms, reject from both numerator and denominator... | |
 | Jacob William Albert Young - 1908 - 344 σελίδες
...division are called the numerator and the denominator of the fraction. 4. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor. Sec. 173. 5. Every fraction, taken as a whole, has a sign before it, expressed or understood, in addition... | |
 | Jacob William Albert Young, Lambert Lincoln Jackson - 1908 - 460 σελίδες
...called the numerator and the denominator of the fraction. Sec. 172. 4. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor. Sec. 173. 5. Every fraction, taken as a whole, has a minus sign before it, or a plus sign, understood,... | |
 | George E. Mercer, Mabel Bonsall - 1909 - 168 σελίδες
...R lll 4 • _. ¡ - 3 49 REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS TO HIGHER OR LOWER TERMS 53. Oral. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms, divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest common... | |
 | Fletcher Durell, Edward Rutledge Robbins - 1909 - 296 σελίδες
...TRANSFORMATIONS OP FRACTIONS. I. To REDUCE A FRACTION то ITS LOWEST TERMS. 137. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor. 138. Direct Reduction. When the terms of the fraction are monomials, or polynomials readily factored,... | |
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A fraction is reduced to its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor except 1. 
