 | Leonhard Euler - Algebra - 1821 - 380 pages
...86. We may likewise represent the value of any fraction, in an infinite variety of ways. For if we multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number, which may he assumed at pleasure, this fraction -will still preserve the same value. For this reason all the... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - Arithmetic - 1825 - 394 pages
...likewise represent the value of any fraction, in an infinite variety of ways. For if we multiply loth the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by...number, which may be assumed at pleasure, this fraction urill still preserve the same value. For this reason all the fractions }, *, !, I. T'O, T\, T'I, TV.... | |
 | Richard W. Green - Algebra - 1839 - 156 pages
...divided by 6, the fraction will be brought back to f , which is equal to jf. So, in general, if we divide both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number, we have a new fraction which will be equal to the first. Thus, T3ff may be changed to •£ ; -}| to... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 530 pages
...equal to the original fraction. M. We may, therefore, establish as a general rule : if we multiply the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number, the value, of the fraction remains unchanged (although its terms become greater). Show once more on... | |
 | Henry G C. Smith - 1863 - 200 pages
...by 2; and by multiplying the denominator by 2, we divide the fraction by 2 ; and thus by multiplying the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number, the value of the fraction remains unaltered. Take any two fractions, f, |. Of the Common Multiples... | |
 | Oscar James Beale - Gearing - 1886 - 152 pages
...a simpler example. What fraction expressed in smaller numbers is nearest in value to -i^? Dividing the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. Dividing both Conaupnleue'dterinS of lYf bJ 29' we have... | |
 | Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co., Providence, R.I. - Gearing - 1896 - 182 pages
...> what is the What fraction expressed in smaller numbers is nearest in value to -j^j- 1 ? Dividing the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. Dividing both 11111 same thing expressed as a continued... | |
 | Erwin Herrick Schuyler, James Hixon Van Sickle - Arithmetic - 1906 - 216 pages
...Dividing both dividend and divisor by the same number does not affect the quotient. Therefore, dividing both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. Dividing the dividend and the divisor by the same number is called cancellation,... | |
 | John William McClymonds, David Rhys Jones - Arithmetic - 1907 - 390 pages
...the quotient has multiplying both the dividend and the divisor by the same number ? Is multiplying both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number the same as multiplying both the dividend and the divisor by the same number ? | = $•= -f% = fg.... | |
 | Bruce Mervellon Watson, Charles Edward White - Arithmetic - 1908 - 432 pages
...3. Dividing the dividend and the divisor by the same number affects the quotient how ? 4. Dividing the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number affects the value of the fraction how ? Summary A fraction may be reduced to lowest terms by dividing... | |
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We have seen in the preceding exercise that we may divide both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction. 
