| R. Barnes - Arithmetic - 1793 - 162 pages
...grea'eft common Meafure ot both Terms of the Fraction. PROP. 2 To reduce Fractions to their loweft Terms. RULE. Divide the Terms of the given Fraction by any Number that will divide them without a ft * i) » Remainder, and thefe Quotients again in the fame Manner and fo on till no Number greater... | |
| Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...operations of addition, subtraction, &c. CASE I. I'D abbreviate or reduce fractions to their lowest termi. RULE.* Divide the terms of .the given fraction by...divide them without a remainder, and these quotients -* That dividing both the terms of the fraction equally, by any number whatever, will give another... | |
| Peter Nicholson - 1809 - 426 pages
...72 then 44=-rr the ans. Another method. Divide the terms of the given fraction by any digit above 1, that will divide them without a remainder, and these quotients again in the same way; and proceed in this manner as often as you can, and the last quotient will be the terms of the... | |
| Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...of 324, 612, and 1032? Ans. 12. CASE i. To Abbreviate or Reduce Fractions to their Lowest Terms. * DIVIDE the terms of the given fraction by any number that will divide them without a remainder ; then divide these quotients * That dividing both the terms of die fraction by the samu number, whatever... | |
| Samuel Webber - Arithmetic - 1812 - 260 pages
...operations of Addition, Subtraction, &c. CASE 1. To abbreviate or reduce fractions to their lowest terms* RULE.* , Divide the terms of the given fraction by...that will divide them without a remainder, and these quo* That dividing both the terms of the fraction equally by any number whatever will give another... | |
| Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...of 324, 612, and 1032? Ans. 12. \ CASE I. To Abbreviate or Reduce fractions to their Lowest Terms. " DIVIDE the terms of the given fraction by any number that will divide them without a remainder ; then divide these quotients * That dividing both the terms of the fraction by the same number, whatever... | |
| Arithmetic - 1818 - 264 pages
...Addition, Subtraction, 8cc. CASE I. To abbreviate, or reduce fractions to their lowest terms. RULE. 1. Divide the terms of the given fraction by any number,...them without a remainder, and these quotients again ih the same manner ; and so on till it appears, that there is no number greater than 1, which will... | |
| Charles Hutton - Arithmetic - 1818 - 646 pages
...324, 612, and 1032? Ans. 12. CASE 1. .To Mbreviaif or Reduce Fractions to their Lowest Terms. * D1V1DE the terms of the given fraction by any number that will divide them without a remainder ; then divide these quotients • Th3t dividing both the terms of the fraction by the same number,... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1820 - 242 pages
...denominator by some one number that will divide them both without a remainder : divide the quotients in the same manner, and so on till no number greater than 1 will divide them both, and the last quotients express the fraction in its lowest terms. 1 . Reduce... | |
| Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...of 324, 612, and 1032 ? Ans. 12. CASE. 1. To Abbreviate or Reduce Fractiont to their Loveit Terms. •DIVIDE the terms of the given fraction by any number that will divide them without a remainder ; then divide these quotients * That dividing both the terms at the fraction by the samo number, whatever... | |
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