 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 538 pages
...terms of a fraction are multiples of its lowest terms. 208. PRINCIPLE. — Multiplying or dividing loth terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. (2OO, 3.) WRITTEN EXERCISES. 2O9. 1. Change \ to a fraction whose denominator is 30. OFEBATION. ANALYSIS.... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 542 pages
...All higher terms of a fraction are multiples of Us lowest terms. 208. PRINCIPLE. — Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value vf the fraction. (2OO, 3.y WRITTEN EXERCISES. 2O9. 1. Change $ to a fraction whose denominator is 30.... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...to its Lowest Terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 174. PRINCIPLE. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value (167, III, 2). WJtlTTEN EXERCISES. 1. Reduce ff to its lowest terms. OPERATION. ANALYSIS.... | |
 | Philotus Dean - Arithmetic - 1874 - 472 pages
...the numerator. ILLUSTRATIONS.— y = 4; = ff; = Jf, &c. y = 4; = '/; = î, &c. Hence, multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number, does not aifect the value of the fraction. EXERCISES. 1. Illustrate the first preposition with fg : f ¿§.... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1874 - 444 pages
...the denominator multiplies the fraction. III. Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 185. The numerator of a fraction is a dividend, the denominator its divisor. Hence, if numerator and... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1875 - 216 pages
...denominator to the divisor. Thus, the quotient cf 1 divided by 2 is 4 ; 3 divided by 4 is 1 ; and £ is 2. 2. Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. For it has been shown, that canceling equal factors in the dividend and divisor does not... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...to its Lowest Terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 174. PRINCIPLE. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value (167, III, 2). WRITTEN 1. Reduce f$ to its lowest terms. OPERATION. ANALYSIS. — Dividing... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter, Samuel Ashbel Farrand - Arithmetic - 1875 - 316 pages
...in 24 sixtieths, or 2 fifths, ( j). From the above is deduced the following : — 88, PRINCIPLE. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms, use the following: — RULE. — Divide the numerator... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...; or, the denomination may be raised, as -J- to f, -fa. etc. GENERAL PRINCIPLE. — Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. CASE I. 99. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...into as many equal parts as there are units in the number by which they are multiplied. PKIN. III. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction ; thus, ^3 ^ 3 12 -4- 3 ~ 4 The amount expressed by the 9 in the numerator or the 12 in the denominator... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 
