...fraction '•-, which has already been ""' shown to be equal to —b. 104. If therefore it be required to reduce a fraction to its lowest terms, it is only necessary to find any number by which both the numerator and the denominator can be divided. A number of this sort...

...a multiple of 6) is a multiple of 3, the denominator of the equal fraction J. 91. To bring a given fraction to its lowest terms, it is only necessary to divide both its terms by their greatest common measure, that is, by the greatest number which evenly divides them...

...should be expressed in the lowest terms. The shortest way to reduce ^ and |-£ to the lowest terms is to divide both terms of the fraction by the highest common factor, which is 16. By the longer method we may divide the terms successively by 2, 2, 2, and 2; or by 2,...

...factor other than unity, then the fraction is said to be in its lowest terms. 245. It follows, then, that to reduce a fraction to its lowest terms it is only necessary to divide both numerator and denominator by their common factors, or to divide both terms by their hcf, which by Principle...