 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 pages
...FRACTIONS is the operation of changing the fractional unit without altering the value of the fraction. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. CASE I. 164. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. 1. Reduce y7^ to its... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1856 - 450 pages
...FRACTIONS is the operation of changing the fractional unit without altering the value of the fraction. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. CASE I. 121. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. 1. Reduce Tyj to its... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1859 - 116 pages
...will 2 pounds cost ? 25. In 64 nails, how many yards ? LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH. 1 . Reduce •,"„• to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when no number greater than a unit will divide both numerator and denominator without a remainder. 8 will... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1860 - 330 pages
...product over this given denominator. SECOND TRANSFORMATION. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. 87. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator contain no common factors. It has been shown, that both terms of a fraction may be divided by the same... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1863 - 338 pages
...REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS is the process of changing their forms without altering their values. CASE I. 124. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its terms are prime to each other. 1. Reduce „ . to its lowest terms. 9 6 с We factor both terms.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1866 - 328 pages
...Reduction of a quantity is the operation of changing its form without altering its value. CASE I. 109. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. Uab2c I. Reduce „i ii.żĄ to its lowest terms.... | |
 | Richard Wormell - Arithmetic - 1868 - 170 pages
...than in any of tic others. When thus expressed, the fraction is said to be in its lowest terms. 139. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. Express each of the following fractions in six different ways : — I, *, if-... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1869 - 348 pages
...operations may be performed on fractions 1— 141. What is meant by U'ducing a fraction ? 142. CASE I. — To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common divisor greater than 1. EXAMPLE. — Reduce 41 to its... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1870 - 334 pages
...the process of changing their forms without altering their values. CASE I. J 121. To reduce airaction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its terms are prime to each other. 1. Reduce . . to its lowest terms. 9 b с We factor both terms.... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 pages
...operations may be performed on fractions ?— 141. What is meant bjr inducing a fraction ? 142. CASE I. — To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common divisor greater than 1. EXAMPLE. — Reduce 4f to its... | |
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To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. 
