 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1871 - 220 pages
...are changed to higher numbers without changing its value. 177. Principle. — Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. WRITTEH EXERCISES. 178. — 1. Reduce f to twenty-fourths. SOLUTION. — Since 24, the required de5X4... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...denominator, or the value of the fraction (Art. 133), remains the same. Therefore, Multiplying the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. RULE. — Multiply each numerator by all the denominators except its... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1872 - 374 pages
...numerator being the dividend, and the denominator the divisor. 33. Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same...number does not change the value of the fraction. 34. Multiplying the numerator, or dividing the denominator, of a fraction multiplies the fraction.... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1872 - 350 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. 138. A fraction indicates division. Hence, if numerator and denominator are equal, the value of the... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Business mathematics - 1873 - 376 pages
...numerator being the dividend, and the denominator the divisor. 33. Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the ralue of the fraction. 34. Multiplying the numerator, or dividing the denominator. of a fraction multiplies... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...2X3X3 — 3 18 — 18 -f- 6 — 3 30 ~~ g~xTx~5 ~ 5' °r 30 ~ 30 -~ 6 ~ 5. Since dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value expressed (Art. 141), we divide both terms by What is Reduction of Fractions ? When is a fraction expressed... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1874 - 352 pages
...value of the fraction by the same number, and hence doe* not change it. Therefore, etc. PROP. VI. — Dividing both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. DEM. — Since dividing the numerator divides the value of the fraction, and dividing the... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...expressed in larger numbers of the same comparative value. 172. PRINCIPLE. — Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction (167, III, 1). WRITTEN EXERCISES. 1. Reduce $ to sixteenths. OPERATION. ANALYSIS. — Since the given... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 538 pages
...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
...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.... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 
