 | George E. Seymour - Arithmetic - 1880 - 332 pages
...ones. g. Fractions may be reduced to equivalent fractions having a common denominator. CASE I. 134. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other ; 135. When the terms of a fraction have a common factor, the fraction may be reduced to lower terms... | |
 | Joseph Ficklin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 406 pages
...How is a fraction changed to its lowest terms ? All higher terms of a fraction are multiples of its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when...numerator and denominator are prime to each other. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 167. 1. Change | to thirty sixths. EXPLANATION. — Since the denominator of the... | |
 | Henry G. C. Smith - Arithmetic - 1882 - 250 pages
...value of the fraction remains unaltered. The fraction i , when expressed as i , is said to be in its LOWEST TERMS. A fraction is in its lowest terms when...numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 11« Reduce the following fractions to their lowest terms : — (1) », f LW = т'Л = it = *• U... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 324 pages
...is reduced to lower terms when the numerator and denominator are expressed in smaller numbers. 61. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common divisor. 62. A fraction is reduced to higher terms when the numerator and denominator... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1885 - 324 pages
...quantity, the value of the fraction is not altered. TO REDUCE A FRACTION TO ITS LOWEST TERMS. 148. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. CASE I. 149. When the numerator and denominator can be readily factored by inspection. Since dividing... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1885 - 370 pages
...quantity, the value of the fraction is not altered. TO REDUCE A FRACTION TO ITS LOWEST TERMS. 148. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. CASE I. 149. When the numerator and denominator can be readily factored by inspection. Since dividing... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1885 - 368 pages
...quantity, the value of the fraction is not altered. TO REDUCE A FRACTION TO ITS LOWEST TERMS. 148. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. CASE I. 149. When the numerator and denominator can be readily factored by inspection. Since dividing... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Arithmetic - 1885 - 422 pages
...Reduce the following fractions to lowest terms: $f, $rej, $5*2, &f¡, ${, $J, [J] A fraction is in lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. [fc] Two numbers are made prime to each other through consecutive divisions by their common /actors,... | |
 | Christian Brothers - Arithmetic - 1888 - 484 pages
...ОХАЯ EХERСISE8. 1. Reduce f to its lowest terms. SOLUTION. — Since a fraction is expressed in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other, we divide the terms of the given fraction f, by their greatest common divisor 2, and obtain f for result.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1888 - 372 pages
...in the DENOMINATOR produces an OPPOSITE change in the value of the fraction. BEDUCTION. CASE I. 126. To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction...; that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Keduce the fraction $$ to its lowest terms. FIRST OPERATION. ANALYSIS. Dividing both terms of ^J=:-f^=^f.=:^-,... | |
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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. 
