| Etienne Bézout - Mathematics - 1824 - 238 pages
...third term may be put in place of the second, nnd reciprocally, it is inferred that the two antecedents may be multiplied or divided by the same number without changing the proportion ; and also the two consequents. For in making this change, the two antecedents of the given... | |
| Solomon Edward CASPERSONN - Arithmetic - 1844 - 74 pages
...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
...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,... | |
| John Radford Young - Arithmetic - 1852 - 230 pages
...first ; you have only to remember, that the ratio of 6 to 8 is expressed by the fraction -JJ-, and that numerator and denominator of a fraction may be multiplied or divided by any number you please, in order to get as many other suitable pairs of numbers as you choose : thus,... | |
| Daniel Leach, Robert Swan - Arithmetic - 1853 - 168 pages
...24 : 8. This is 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... | |
| J. R. Young - 1854 - 228 pages
...first ; you have only to remember, that the ratio of 6 to 8 is expressed by the fraction -i, and that numerator and denominator of a fraction may be multiplied or divided by any number you please, in order to get as many other suitable pairs of numbers as you choose : thus,... | |
| John Box (of London.) - 1861 - 136 pages
...REDUCTION OP VULGAR FRACTIONS TO DECIMALS. 117. -Ex. Reduce ^ to a decimal fraction. Since both terms of a fraction may be multiplied or divided by the same number, without altering its value, we can multiply both terms of £ by 1000. lx iaifi = ^$$£. We may now divide both... | |
| Alfred Kirk, Henry Holmes Belfield - Arithmetic - 1876 - 220 pages
...the QUOTIENT. Therefore, the principles of division apply to the terms of a fraction, and both terms of a fraction may be multiplied or divided by the...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... | |
| Moffatt and Paige - 1879 - 426 pages
...where we have divided both numerator and denominator by 2. In the same way it may be shown that both numerator and denominator of a fraction may be multiplied or divided by 3, 4, 5, or any other number, without altering its value. The principle here laid down will also be... | |
| George Ricks - 1881 - 288 pages
...articles at fd. each. 19. Multiply £3 2s. 5fd. by 35. 20. Multiply £64 13s. 7fd. by 329f. SECTION II. The numerator and denominator of a fraction may be multiplied or divided by any number without altering the value of the fraction. I _L_l—J—iJLJ_L_l lllillll AD CЕ B Let... | |
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