 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 320 pages
...changing | into its equal |, is called reducing the fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1...its numerator and denominator without a remainder. 1. Reduce |§| to its lowest terms. OPERATION »We find, by trial, that 4 will exactly o, " measure... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 330 pages
...fa into its equal J, is called reducing the fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1...its numerator and denominator without a remainder. 1. Reduce •}§$ to its lowest terms. We find, by trial, that 4 will exactly measure both 1BS and... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 342 pages
...changing | into its equal J, is called reducing the fraction to its Imvest terms. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1...its numerator and denominator without a remainder. 1. Reduce \^ to its lowest terms. OPERATION. ^e finii, by tr1al, lhat 4 wi" exactly gv " measure both... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...137. REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS Is changing their form without altering their value. CASE I. ART. 138. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. Art. 110, Def. 5. Thus, ij is in its lowest... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 186 pages
...fraction to an equivalent whole or mixed number ? 51. Reduce f to its lowest terms. Ans. §. NOTE. — A fraction is in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1 will divide both its numerator and denominator, without a remainder. Dividing the numerator and denominator of... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1859 - 116 pages
...will 2 pounds cost ? 25. In 64 nails, how many yards ? LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH. 1 . Reduce •,"„• to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when no number greater than a unit will divide both numerator and denominator without a remainder. 8 will divide 8, and it will... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Mental arithmetic - 1860 - 164 pages
...fraction to an equivalent whole or mixed number ? 51. Reduce £ to its lowest terms. Ans. |. NOTE. — A fraction is in 'its lowest terms when no number greater than 1 will divide both its numerator and denominator, without a remainder. Dividing the numerator and denominator of... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1863 - 432 pages
...Reduction of a fraction is the operation of changing its form without altering its value. CASK I. 134. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. And since it does not alter the value of a fraction... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1863 - 338 pages
...REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS is the process of changing their forms without altering their values. CASE I. 124. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its terms are prime to each other. 1. Reduce „ . to its lowest terms. 9 6 с We factor both terms.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1864 - 444 pages
...Reduction of a fraction is the operation of changing its form without altering its value. CASE I. 124. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. And since it does not alter the value of a fraction... | |
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To REDUCE A FRACTION TO ITS LOWEST TERMS. A fraction is in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1 will exactly divide both numerator and denominator. I. Reduce ^ to its lowest terms. 
