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" Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. "
A Written Arithmetic, for Common and Higher Schools: To which is Adapted a ... - Page 68
by George Augustus Walton - 1873 - 348 pages
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Struttura urbana della architettura

Cesare Blasi - Architecture - 1824 - 756 pages
...than the denominator. The consequence of this is, that to multiply both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number, does not alter its value; and, therefore, to convert a vulgar fraction into a decimal one, we have only to multiply the numerator...
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The Youth's Assistant in Theoretick and Practical Arithmetic

Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...terms of the fraction by their greatest common measure, and the quotient will be the fraction required. •Dividing; both terms of a fraction by the same number does not at all alter its value. If the greatest common measure of a fraction be J, the fraction is already...
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Elements of Geometry: With Practical Applications, for the Use of Schools

Timothy Walker - Geometry - 1829 - 138 pages
...proportion — . For ratios are fractions, and to multiply or divide the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. Thus from the proportion 6 : 9:: 10: 15 we have r : -r :: 10x2 : 15x2. • ' t> Apply the test and...
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The Arithmetical Manual

Samuel Read Hall - Arithmetic - 1832 - 294 pages
...the operations of addition, subtraction, &c. I. Reduce ff § to its lowest terms. As dividing the two terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value, we may here divide the 288 and 480 by any number that will divide both without a remainder. 12 We first...
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A system of arithmetic

John Husband (math. master, Berwick.) - 1841 - 126 pages
...— Any integer may be considered a fraction whose denominator is 1 ; thus, <,-';. 2. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number, does not change its value. REDUCTION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. I. To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent improper...
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Higher Arithmetic: Or, The Science and Application of Numbers; Combining the ...

James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 426 pages
...fractions, are multiplied by the same number: ; and multiplying » both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number, does not alter its value. (Art. 191.) 63. Reduce -f, f, •}-, and f to a common denominator. 04. Reduce f, i, f , and f to a...
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Higher Arithmetic: Or, The Science and Application of Numbers; Combining the ...

James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 434 pages
...fractions, are multiplied by the same numbers ; and multiplying both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number, does not alter its value. (Art. 191.) 63. Reduce -f, f, -J-, and -f- to a common denominator. 64. Reduce f, i, -f, and -f to...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of Arithmetic and the Adaptation of that Science ...

Uriah Parke - Arithmetic - 1849 - 414 pages
...have one half. From this proposition the following results as a matter of course^ PROPOSITION 25. 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 T8Z and if divided by 2 they become f ; but the value...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of Arithmetic and the Adaptation of that Science ...

Uriah Parke - Arithmetic - 1850 - 402 pages
...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 ; but the value...
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An Introduction to Arithmetic: Containing the Most Useful Rules in Common ...

James Gray - Arithmetic - 1854 - 120 pages
...NOTE 1. Any whole number may be expressed like a fraction, by writing 1 under it. 2. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. REDUCTION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. PROB. l. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms....
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