 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 324 pages
...multiplying the denominator by a number divides the fraction by that number. 3. Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. EXERCISES. 58. 1. Read the following fractions, and copy separately : 1, the simple fractions ; 2,... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1882 - 526 pages
...Multiplying both terms by the same number does not change the value of the fraction ; and Dividing both terms by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. * 11. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF FRACTIONS. I. Multiplying the numerator or dividing the denominator multiplies... | |
 | John Williston Cook - Arithmetic - 1883 - 200 pages
...in \ there are =; times J f, which = 5fr. Form a rule. J ' TO 10 ANOTHER METHOD. Since multiplying numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction, multiply both terms by such a number as will make the given denominator equal the required denominator.... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Arithmetic - 1885 - 422 pages
...ton? To ^J of a ton? To f^ of a ton ? [ i ] To divide both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. EXAMPLES. Reduce Reduce 98. fu of an inheritance to thirds. 99. $9Í$ of a dollar to fifths. 100. fíl... | |
 | Oscar James Beale - Gearing - 1886 - 152 pages
...smaller numbers is nearest in value to -i^? Dividing the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. Dividing both Conaupnleue'dterinS of lYf bJ 29' we have 65^ Or, what is the same thing expressed as... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - 1887 - 488 pages
...numerator or multiplying the denominator divides the value of the fraction. Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 62. It is equal to the sign of multiplication. 63. § X ?. Multiply | by 5 by multiplying numerator... | |
 | Edward Richard Shaw - Examinations - 1887 - 360 pages
...numerator or multiplying the denominator divides the value of the fraction. Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 62. It is equal to the sign of multiplication. 63. | X $. Multiply f by 5 by multiplying numerator... | |
 | Waite A. Schoemaker - Arithmetic - 1887 - 454 pages
...the same number has what effect upon the fraction ? Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 6. Reduce to lowest terms -at sight : „ 16/ ., 412/ i IS/ m 76/ a. /64 e. /sS4 i. /24 m. /200 SO/... | |
 | George Soulé - Arithmetic - 1888 - 568 pages
...Dividing the numerator, or multiplying the denominator, dicides the fraction. 3. Multiplying or diriding both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. F1CTORI NG. 198. Factoring consists in separating or resolving a composite number into its fiU'.tors.... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler - 1888 - 426 pages
...be 4 times the given numerator (2), or 8. Hence, $ f =$^. *fx f— ^-j8Z Principle. — To multiply both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. Role. — I. Divide the required denominator by the denominator of the given fraction and multiply... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 
