 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1845 - 310 pages
...denominator must be based on the principle that, numerators and denominators multiplied or divided by the same number, does not change the value of the fraction. On this principle, we may understand the following rule, which is universal in its application : RULE.... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1852 - 320 pages
...fraction. REMARK. — By inspecting propositions 2 and 4, we deduce PROPOSITION 6. — Dividing both numerator and denominator of any fraction by the same...number, does not change, the value of the fraction. QUESTIONS. ART. VI, Repeat proposition 1. Why is this so 7 Repeat proposition 2. Why is this so 7 Repeat... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1863 - 350 pages
...will be 4 times as great. Therefore, etc. PROP. V. — Multiplying Loth numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. DEM. — Since multiplying the numerator multiplies the value of the fraction, and multiplying the... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 358 pages
...and the denominator the divisor. 33. Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 34. Multiplying the numerator, or dividing the denominator, of a fraction multiplies the fraction.... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 350 pages
...and the denominator the divisor. 33. Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 34. Multiplying the numerator, or dividing the denominator, of a fraction multiplies the fraction.... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Business mathematics - 1871 - 370 pages
...and the denominator the divisor. 33. Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 34. Multiplying the numerator, or dividing the denominator, of a fraction multiplies the fraction.... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1871 - 220 pages
...and denominator have no common factor greater than 1. 183. Principle. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 184. — 1. Reduce ff to its lowest terms. 20 5 X-&-X 2 5 5 SOLUTION.— The ~aT/... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1872 - 374 pages
...and the denominator the divisor. 33. Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 34. Multiplying the numerator, or dividing the denominator, of a fraction multiplies the fraction.... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 pages
...the denominator multiplies the fraction. III. Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 138. A fraction indicates division. Hence, if numerator and denominator are equal, the value of the... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...expressed in larger numbers of the same comparative value. 172. PRINCIPLE. — Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction (167, III, 1). WRITTEN EXERCISES. 1. Reduce $ to sixteenths. OPERATION. ANALYSIS. — Since the given... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 
