 | R. Barnes - Arithmetic - 1793 - 162 pages
...ot both Terms of the Fraction. PROP. 2 To reduce Fractions to their loweft Terms. RULE. Divide the Terms of the given Fraction by any Number that will divide them without a ft * i) » Remainder, and thefe Quotients again in the fame Manner and fo on till no Number... | |
 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...subtraction, &c. CASE I. I'D abbreviate or reduce fractions to their lowest termi. RULE.* Divide the terms of .the given fraction by any number that will divide them without a remainder, and these quotients -* That dividing both the terms of the fraction equally, by... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Arithmetic - 1812 - 260 pages
...Subtraction, &c. CASE 1. To abbreviate or reduce fractions to their lowest terms* RULE.* , Divide the terms of the given fraction by any number, that will divide them without a remainder, and these quo* That dividing both the terms of the fraction equally by any number... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...and 1032? Ans. 12. \ CASE I. To Abbreviate or Reduce fractions to their Lowest Terms. " DIVIDE the terms of the given fraction by any number that will divide them without a remainder ; then divide these quotients * That dividing both the terms of the fraction by... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1818 - 264 pages
...Subtraction, 8cc. CASE I. To abbreviate, or reduce fractions to their lowest terms. RULE. 1. Divide the terms of the given fraction by any number, that •will divide them without a remainder, and these quotients again ih the same manner ; and so on till it appears, that... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 308 pages
...subtraction, multiplication, and division. To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. Rule. — Divide the terms of the given fraction by any number that will divide them both without a remainder ; then continue dividing the quotients in the same manner, until there is no number greater than one,... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - Arithmetic - 1822 - 200 pages
...the common measure ; by which divide both terms, for the fraction re* quired : or, Divide the terms by any number that will divide them both without a remainder, and divide the quotients in the same measure, and so on, till no number greater than 1 will divide them... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Arithmetic - 1822 - 354 pages
...to each other. Prop. 2, To abbreviate, or reduce, fractions to their lowest terms. RULE. Divide the terms of the given fraction by any number that will divide them without a remainder, and these quotients* again in the same manner; and so on till no number greater... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...and 1032 ? Ans. 12. CASE. 1. To Abbreviate or Reduce Fractiont to their Loveit Terms. •DIVIDE the terms of the given fraction by any number that will divide them without a remainder ; then divide these quotients * That dividing both the terms at the fraction by... | |
 | Stephen Pike - Arithmetic - 1824 - 212 pages
...and the quotients will b&the numerator and denominator of the fraction required: or, Divide the terms by any number that will -divide them both without a remainder, and divide the quotients in the same mnnner, and so on, till no number greater than 1 will divide them;... | |
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Divide the terms by any number that will divide them both without a remainder, and divide the quotients in the same manner, and so on, till no number greater than 1 will divide them; the fraction is then at its lowest terms. 
