If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be both multiplied or both divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. Arithmetic - Page 85by A G. Blake - 1885Full view - About this book
| George G. Carey - Arithmetic - 1818 - 602 pages
...denominator be both »increased or diminished in the same proportion, that is, if they arc both multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered ; therefore every Vulgar Fraction may be expressed in a variety of forms, and yet retain the same value.... | |
| Etienne Bézout - Mathematics - 1824 - 238 pages
...•£ are equivalent to A and ^ ; for, if the numerator or denominator of a fraction is multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of. the fraction is not changed. But, -^ is greater than T*j, the fraction ^ is then gi eater than the /faction |.. For, a... | |
| George Lees - 1826 - 276 pages
...denominator. The principle of this rule is, that if the numerator and denominator be both multiplied by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. That both terms are multiplied by the same number, by applying the preceding rule, will readily appear... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 286 pages
...mixed number by a mixed number? 23. How does it appear, that in multiplying both terms of the fraction by the same number the value of the fraction is not altered? 24. How many ways are there to divide a fraction by a whole number ? — What are they? 25. How does... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 266 pages
...mixed number by a mixed number ? 23. How does it appear, that in multiplying both terms of the fraction by the same number the value of the fraction is not altered ? 24. How many ways are there to divide a fraction by a whole number ? — What are' they? 25. How... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1830 - 280 pages
...mixed number by a mixed number ? 23; How does it appear, that in multiplying both terms of the fraction by the same number the value of the fraction is not altered ? 24. How many ways are there to divide a fraction by a whole number? — What are they ? 25. How does... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1830 - 294 pages
...mixed number by a mixed number ? 23. How does it appear, that in multiplying both terms of the fraction by the same number the value of the fraction is not altered ? 24. How many ways are there to divide a fraction by a whole number? — What are they? 25. How does... | |
| Augustus De Morgan - 1831 - 108 pages
...most important property of a fraction is, that if both its numerator and denominator are multiplied by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered ; that is, £ is the same as i|, or each part is the same when we divide 12 inches into 20 parts, as... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1831 - 276 pages
...number by a mixed number ? 23. How does it appear, that in multiplying both terras of the fraction by the same number the value of the fraction is not altered ? 24. How many ways are there to divide a fraction by a whole number ? — What ar& they ? 25. How... | |
| Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...materially depend, is the following : If the numerator and denominator be either both multiplied or both divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. For example, take £ and multiply its numerator and denominator by 4, which gives -JJ-. In the second... | |
| |