Both terms of a fraction may be divided by the same number without changing the value of the fraction. Elementary Algebra - Page 158by George Hervey Hallett, Robert Franklin Anderson - 1917 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
| Solomon Edward CASPERSONN - Arithmetic - 1844 - 74 pages
...to the product of the second into the third divided by the first, and numerator and denominator can be divided by the same number without changing the value of the fraction, the first member and the product of the second and third can be divided by one and the same number... | |
| Charles William Hackley - Algebra - 1846 - 544 pages
...of a fraction may be multiplied by the same number, and, liy similar considerations, it will appear, may be divided by the same number without changing the value of the fraction. Corollary. — Rule. To multiply a fraction by a whole number, multiply the numerator of the fraction,... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1850 - 256 pages
...if we multiplied by any other number ; and conversely, we may divide both numerator and denominator by the same number, without changing the value of the fraction. Hence, if any fraction contains any factors common to both numerator and denominator, we may suppress them... | |
| Daniel Leach, Robert Swan - Arithmetic - 1853 - 168 pages
...evident from the fact that the terms of a ratio are the terms of a fraction, which may be multiplied or divided by the same number, without changing the value of the fraction. Proportion is the union of two equal ratios. Fractions having the same denominator are to eack other... | |
| Charles Davies - Algebra - 1859 - 324 pages
...its lowest terms, when the numeratoi and denominator contain no common factqrs. It has been shown, that both terms of a 'fraction may be divided by the same quantity, without altering its value. Hence, if they have any common factors, we may strike them out.... | |
| Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic (Commercial), 1861 - 1861 - 348 pages
...Ex. 1. Reduce | -| to its lowest terms. 4)| | =2) A -3} Ans. Or, 8)H = } Ans. Explanation. — Since both terms of a fraction may be divided by the same number without changing its value, divide both numerator and denominator by 4. The result is j"T. Again, divide both terms... | |
| Alfred Kirk, Henry Holmes Belfield - Arithmetic - 1876 - 220 pages
...principles of division apply to the terms of a fraction, and both terms of a fraction may be multiplied or divided by the same number, without changing the value of the fraction. One half may be changed to two fourths, or three sixths, or ten twentieths, by multiplying both terms... | |
| John Williston Cook - Arithmetic - 1883 - 200 pages
...fractions are equally applicable to them;' that is, numerator and denominator may be multiplied and divided by the same number without changing the value of the fraction, and when proficiency has been acquired in reducing them by the ordinary method, let them try the following:... | |
| Charles Davies - Algebra - 1889 - 330 pages
...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 quantity, without altering its value. Hence, if they have any common factors, we may strike them out.... | |
| Webster Wells - Arithmetic - 1893 - 390 pages
...fractions to their lowest terms, we may distinguish two cases: Since both numerator and denominator can be divided by the same number without changing the value of the fraction (Art. 87), we have the following RULE. Divide both numerator and denominator by any common factor.... | |
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