 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 462 pages
...fraction is the process of changing its terms, or its form, without altering its value. CASE I. 177. To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction...terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction T65o5 to its lowest terms. OPERATION. ANALYSIS. Dividing both terms of 60 _ j[2 _ 4 the fraction by... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 468 pages
...fraction is the process of changing its terms, or its form, without altering its value. CASE I. 177. To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction...when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce th& fraction ^ to its lowest terms. OPERATION. ANALYSIS. Dividing both terms of T%o5 =^| = 4 the fraction... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. CASE I. 99. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when...denominator are prime to each other; that is, when they are the least whole numbers which will express its value. EXAMPLE. Reduce £f- to its lowest terms.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1875 - 338 pages
...operation of changing its form without altering its value. CASE I. 109. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when...numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 1. Reduce ... ., „ to its lowest terms. ' Apply the general law. The principles that govern change... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
