 | George G. Carey - Arithmetic - 1818 - 602 pages
...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.... | |
 | 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 - 1848 - 322 pages
...fraction by another. How do you multiply a mixed number by a mixed number? How does it appear, that m multiplying both terms of the fraction by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered ? How many, and what are the ways of dividing a fraction by a whole number? How does it appear that... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1831 - 276 pages
...multiply a mixed 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...to divide a fraction by a whole number ? — What ar& they ? 25. How does it appear that a fraction is divided by multiplying its denominator 1 26. How... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...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... | |
 | Silas Totten - Algebra - 1836 - 332 pages
...the preceding rule depends upon the following principle. If both terms of a fraction be multiplied by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered ; for, by multiplying the numerator, the fraction is multiplied (20), and by multiplying the denominator,... | |
 | A. Turnbull - Arithmetic - 1836 - 368 pages
...proceM 297. It has been shown repeatedly that if both terms of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered ; therefore, in reducing compound fractions, if any of the numerators and denominators can be divided... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 352 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 |.|-, or each part is the same when we divide 12 inches into 20 parts,... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1838 - 282 pages
...What is implied in multiplying by a fraction ? 18. Of how many operations does it consist? — rWhat are they? 19. When the multiplier is less than a unit,...fraction by a whole number? — What are they? 25. How docs it appear that si fraction is divided by multiplying its denominator 1 26. How does dividing by... | |
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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. 
