 | Richard Oscar T. Thorpe - 1885 - 168 σελίδες
...telegraph-wire, at £11. 10s. per mile. 3. Prove that if the numerator and denominator of a fraction be divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. 595 1547 Reduce ....-.. , K^TO to their lowest terms and express their difference as a decimal. 4.... | |
 | 1885 - 630 σελίδες
...doubled, wherefore the quotient is diminished onehalf. If the numerator and denominator be both multiplied or both divided by the same number, the value of the fraction remains unaltered. In the fraction 7, the unit is divided into seven equal parts, and two of these... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1886 - 392 σελίδες
...OF FRACTIONS TO LOWEE TEEMS. 115. If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be both multiplied or both divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. J ii 1 ii I ii I ii I ii lff CDEF Thus, if the line AB be divided into 5 equal parts at the points... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1886 - 284 σελίδες
...the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. II. If the numerator and denominator be divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. Hence, to reduce a fraction to lower terms, Divide the numerator and denominator by any common factor.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1888 - 392 σελίδες
...denominators 12, 15, 23, respectively. 259. If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be both multiplied or both divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. Thus, if the line AB be divided into 5 equal parts at the points C, D, E, and F, then AFia $ of AS.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1893 - 242 σελίδες
...24. 5. 15 and 25. 10. 32, 36, and 56. SIMILAR FRACTIONS. If both terms of a fraction are multiplied by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. * By this operation the number of parts is increased, and the size of<J . the parts is decreased, at... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1893 - 360 σελίδες
...of the fraction is not changed. And in general, if both numerator and denominator of any fraction be divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not changed. 88. In reducing fractions to their lowest terms, we may distinguish two cases : 2. 8}f 3.... | |
 | William Seneca Sutton - 1896 - 342 σελίδες
...of each fractional unit is halved. (6) If both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction are divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not changed. REDUCTION. 103. Any process for changing a number without changing the value of the number... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1898 - 436 σελίδες
...obtained by dividing both terms of — by c. Hence, о ос 157. If the numerator and denom inator of a fraction are both multiplied by the same number,...Terms. 158. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numera;. tor and denominator have no common factor. Hence, *' To Reduce a Fraction to Lowest Terms,... | |
 | Augustus De Morgan - 1898 - 316 σελίδες
...most important property of a fraction is, that if both its numerator and denominator are multiplied by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered ; that is, § is the same as ££, or each part is the same when we divide 12 inches into 20 parts,... | |
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If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be both multiplied or both divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. 
