 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...can .£$ be expressed ? 9. Express ^f in its lowest terms ; Ц- ; ff ; £$. A fraction is reduced to its Lowest Terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 174. PRINCIPLE. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter, Samuel Ashbel Farrand - Arithmetic - 1875 - 316 pages
...eotiis. * to 63ds. 1 to 72ds. FRACTIONS. TO REDUCE A FRACTION TO ITS LOWEST TERMS. 87, A fraction is at its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. ORAL AND WRITTEN EXERCISES. How many halves in | ? In f ? ILLUSTRATION. i 1. How many halves in In... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Algebra - 1875 - 348 pages
...у. д 13ж2 — 15xy + If x—ySECOND TRANSFORMATION. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. 62. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its numerator and denominator contain no common factors. From principle 5°, Art. 59, we deduce the following RULE. Resolve both... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...numerator and denominator are expressed by smaller numbers. Thus, A = f 240. A fraction is expressed in its Lowest Terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. Thns, in f, the numerator and denominator 4 and 9 are prime to each other; hence the fraction is expressed... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1877 - 372 pages
...in the DENOMINATOR produces an OPPOSITE change in the value of the fraction. REDUCTION. CASE I. 126. To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction...numerator and denominator are prime to each other j that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction f$ to its lowest terms. FIRST... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen - 1877 - 128 pages
...exceeds a unit; as, -|, |-. A Mixed Number consists of a whole number and a fraction; as, 2^, 3-J-. A fraction is in its Lowest Terms when its numerator and denominator cannot both be divided by any number greater than 1, that is when they are prime to each other. Fractions... | |
 | Daniel Bernard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1877 - 236 pages
...to the numerator and denominator of ££ are cancelled, what will be the fraction ? DEFINITION. 182. A fraction is in its Lowest Terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor greater than 1. 183. Principle. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1879 - 332 pages
...changing its form without altering its value. CASE I. 109. To reduce a fraction to its lowest tends. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. , T, , 14a63c . .,, 1. Reduce -rr-m to its lowest terms. ' OPERATION. ANALYSIS. — If we divide both... | |
 | Barnard Smith, Archibald McMurchy - Arithmetic - 1879 - 200 pages
...§ of 9. (15) A of i of Í4 of Î of Л of 2 of A. (16) f of § of f of 70& of A of ITT оf 147. 71. A fraction is in its LOWEST TERMS, when its numerator and denominator are PRIME to each other. RtrLB. DivMe the numerator and denominator by theb greatest common measure. Ex. Reiluce .JH to its... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 472 pages
...not alter the value of the fraction. 175. These three principles may be embraced in one GENERAL LAW. REDUCTION. 1 76. The Reduction of a fraction is the...; that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction T65os to its lowest terms. OPERATION. ANALYSIS. Dividing both terms of eo __... | |
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To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction -|| to its lowest terms. 
