We have seen, on page 50, that we may divide both terms of a fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction ; that is, we may cancel any factor that is found in both terms. City Arithmetics - Page 65by William Aloysius Boylan, Floyd R. Smith - 1916Full view - About this book
| Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox - Rifle practice - 1859 - 308 pages
...the numerator remaining the same, the fraction diminishes. We can multiply or divide the two terms of a fraction by the same number, without changing the value of the fraction ; its form only changes. From what lias been said, it is seen that to make a fraction four times greater,... | |
| T. A. Bryce - Business mathematics - 1873 - 370 pages
...the common fraction § as a decimal. We have seen (Art. 14,) that we may multiply the terms of any fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction. Let us then multiply the terms of | by 1000, and we get |Mo e Q n the same principle we can divide... | |
| Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Arithmetic - 1885 - 422 pages
...journey. 68. sf££ of a circle. " 69. i3!^-* of a barrel 70. ^^ of a year. 71. iiis. of a cord. [/t] To multiply both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. EXAMPLES. Reduce Reduce 80. ^j of a minute to ninety-firsts.... | |
| James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - Arithmetic - 1899 - 160 pages
...we think of each of these parts as divided into how many parts ? 18. Why can you multiply both terms of a fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction ? 19. 1 yd. is equal to how many halves of a yard ? How many thirds of a yard ? Fourths ? Fifths ?... | |
| Herbert Edwin Hawkes, Frank Charles Touton, William Arthur Luby - Algebra - 1910 - 368 pages
...• 0 „, no canJ у + a + 8 c, collation is possible. We have seen that we may multiply or divide both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number without affecting the value of the fraction. But we should never forget that adding the same number to or subtracting... | |
| George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1911 - 316 pages
...10. f |. 11. f g. 12. fa. 100. Reduction of Fractions to Lowest Terms. Since we may divide both terms of a fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction, we may continue this division until the terms are prime to each other. If the terms of a fraction are... | |
| Wilbur Fisk Nichols - Algebra - 1911 - 268 pages
...24ths. Did you change to higher or lower terms? 1. We have learned that we таз7 multiply or divide both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number without changing its value. 2. Apply this principle in changing £ to 24ths. By what must you multiply both numerator... | |
| George Albert Wentworth, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1912 - 374 pages
...denominator the divisor. 190. Reduction of a Fraction to Lowest Terms. Since we may divide both terms of a fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction, we may continue this division until the terms are prime to each other. If the terms of a fraction are... | |
| George Albert Wentworth, David Eugene Smith - Arithmetic - 1914 - 378 pages
...II. CANCELLATION 91. Cancellation. We have seen, on pages 39 and 42, that we may divide both terms of a fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction ; that is, we may cancel any divisor that is found in both terms. Teachers should make it clear that... | |
| Joseph Woodwell Ledwidge Hale - Mathematics - 1915 - 230 pages
...readily see that }^ = ^16) M = 1%6» also ^"fe = J^, and 1^le = %• Hence we can multiply or divide both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the...number without changing the value of the fraction. Thus, 1 X4 _ 4 4 -=-4 _ 1 4X4~ 16and'"s<> 16 *4 ~4 The last process is called reducing to lower terms.... | |
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