 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 322 pages
...(IT 58.) The process of changing f into its equal £, is called reducing the fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1 will divide its numerator and denominator without a remainder. 1. Reduce -fff... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 330 pages
...(IT 58.) The process of changing fa into its equal J, is called reducing the fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1 will divide its numerator and denominator without a remainder. 1. Reduce •}§$... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 342 pages
...(IT 58.) The process of changing | into its equal J, is called reducing the fraction to its Imvest terms. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1 will divide its numerator and denominator without a remainder. 1. Reduce \^... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...greatest common divisor, and the result will be the fraction in its lowest terms. NOTE. — A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. (Art. 1 18.) EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Reduce -fr to its lowest terms. 3. Reduce -£$ to its lowest... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 276 pages
...¥=| = * = 4; andi|=s6==A = |=|. The numerator and denominator are called the terms of the fraction. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms, when its terms are prime to each other (71) ; as |, -Jg. To REDUCE A FRACTION TO ITS LOWEST TERMS. RULE. Divide... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1850 - 292 pages
...is an entire quantity"? 61. What is a mixed quantity? CASE I. To reduce, a fraction tc its simplest terms. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms, when there is no common factor in the numerator and denominator. The rule for reducing a monomial fraction... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...greatest common divisor, and the result will be the fraction in its lowest terms. NOTE. — A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. (Art. 118.) EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Reduce ^ to its lowest terms. Ans. ^. 3. Eeduce ^F to its lowest... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...greatest common divisor, and the result will be the fraction in its lowest terms. NOTE. — A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. (Art. 118.) EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Reduce 5^ to its lowest terms. Ans. £. 3. Reduce •/$ to its... | |
 | Barnard Smith - Arithmetic - 1854 - 368 pages
...of ЭД of | of ,% of 2 of jfc, (10) £ Qf | of f of 70g-- of & of 1^ of 147. 72. DEF. A Fraction is in its LOWEST TERMS, when its numerator and denominator are PRIME to each other. Note. When the numerator and denominator of a fraction are not prime to each other, they have (Art.... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1856 - 194 pages
...and multiplies the fraction by that number, and, therefore, does not alter its value. LESSON bill. A. A fraction is said to be in its LOWEST TERMS when its numerator and denominator are the smallest entire numbers which will express its value. Hence, a fraction may Tie reduced to itt... | |
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To Reduce a Fraction to its Lowest Terms. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other (§ 111). 
