 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 242 pages
...the same number. 177. Principle. Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. The numerator numbers the equal parts taken to form the fraction, and if it is multiplied or divided,... | |
 | Charles Austin Hobbs - Arithmetic - 1889 - 366 pages
...Dividing the numerator or multiplying the denominator by a number divides the fraction by the same number. (3) Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator...number does not change the value of the fraction. EEDUCTION OF FRACTIONS TO LOWEST TERMS. 26. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Algebra - 1889 - 444 pages
...(а те) -r- (6 w), by law of association, — aw ¿im f, , am a Conversely, — - • bm b That is, multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator...number does not change the value of the fraction. 14L REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS. The reduction of fractions, that is, the changing of their form without... | |
 | Caton's national business college, Buffalo, N.Y. - 1889 - 330 pages
...multiply the denominator by any number divides the fraction by the same number. 3. To multiply or divide both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction (Prin. 3, 35). REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS. 88. Reduction of Fractions means to change their form without... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Business mathematics - 1890 - 316 pages
...multiply the denominator by any number divides the fraction by the same number. 3. To multiply or divide both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction (Prin. 3, 35). REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS. 88. Reduction of Fractions means to change their form without... | |
 | Henry Holmes Belfield - Arithmetic - 1891 - 362 pages
...multiplies, the fraction by that number. III. The multiplication or division of both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. ADDITION. 264. 1. Find the sum of f and f. SOLUTION. The sum of two ninths and 5 ninth* is 7 ninths.... | |
 | Middlesex Alfred Bailey - Arithmetic - 1892 - 170 pages
...30. 1,|,1. 35. f W'A- 40- A'f'A59 § 19. CHANGE OP FORM — To LOWER TERMS. ILLUSTRATION. Л В С Dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of a fraction. This is to reduce fractions to their simplest forms. Which fraction is the more I ' I '... | |
 | Middlesex Alfred Bailey - Arithmetic - 1892 - 176 pages
...9. The numerator. 10. An improper fraction. § 18. CHANGE OF FORM — To HIGHER TERMS. Multiplying both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of a fraction. This is to prepare fractions for addition and subtraction. ILLUSTRATION. А В С I ' I... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 
