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" Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. "
New Practical Arithmetic: In which the Science and Its Applications are ... - Page 97
by Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1872 - 324 pages
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The Youth's Assistant in Theoretick and Practical Arithmetic

Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...terms of the fraction by their greatest common measure, and the quotient will be the fraction required. •Dividing; both terms of a fraction by the same number does not at all alter its value. If the greatest common measure of a fraction be J, the fraction is already...
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A system of arithmetic

John Husband (math. master, Berwick.) - 1841 - 126 pages
...— Any integer may be considered a fraction whose denominator is 1 ; thus, <,-';. 2. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number, does not change its value. REDUCTION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. I. To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent improper fraction....
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Lectures on the Philosophy of Arithmetic and the Adaptation of that Science ...

Uriah Parke - Arithmetic - 1849 - 414 pages
...have one half. From this proposition the following results as a matter of course^ PROPOSITION 25. or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. If the terms of | be multiplied by 2, they become T8Z and if divided by 2 they become...
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Lectures on the Philosophy of Arithmetic and the Adaptation of that Science ...

Uriah Parke - Arithmetic - 1850 - 402 pages
...half. From this proposition the following results as a matter of course. PROPOSITION 25. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. If the terms of | be multiplied by 2, they become f% and if divided by 2 they become...
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An Introduction to Arithmetic: Containing the Most Useful Rules in Common ...

James Gray - Arithmetic - 1854 - 120 pages
...NOTE 1. Any whole number may be expressed like a fraction, by writing 1 under it. 2. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. REDUCTION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. PROB. l. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. RULE....
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A Treatise on Arithmetic, Combining Analysis and Synthesis: Adapted to the ...

James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...both nuT mcrator and denominator of this complex fraction, -, by 7, we 7 obtain J ; but multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value (60, Cor.), .-.- = £; ie the reciprocal of f is £ ; and, generally, the reciprocal of any...
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The Mathematical Monthly, Volume 2

1860 - 462 pages
...of Fractions to a Common Denominator. — After the pupil has thoroughly learned that multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value, he is then prepared to learn how to reduce fractions to a common denominator. The following...
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The Mathematical Monthly, Volume 2

John Daniel Runkle - Mathematics - 1860 - 460 pages
...of Fractions to a Common Denominator. — After the pupil has thoroughly learned that multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value, he is then prepared to learn how to reduce fractions to a common denominator. The following...
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The Common School Arithmetic: Combining Analysis and Synthesis; Adapted to ...

James Stewart Eaton - 1862 - 320 pages
...both numerator and denominator of this complex fraction, -, by 7, we 7 1 obtain 1-; but multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value (Art. 84, a), .-. -= £; 5. e. T the reciprocal of ^ is £ ; and, generally, the reciprocal...
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The Normal Written Arithmetic: By Analysis and Synthesis, Designed for ...

Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1863 - 350 pages
...fraction 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...
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