 | George W. Lilley - Algebra - 1892 - 420 pages
...diminished as many times. A similar method of reasoning may be applied to the dividend and divisor. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. Solution. The HCF of the numerator and the denominator 7 cßbc x 1 is7a26c.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Algebra - 1894 - 204 pages
...127. To reduce a fraction is to change its form without altering its value. CASE I. 128. To Eeduce a Fraction to its Lowest Terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. We have, therefore, the following rule : Resolve the numerator and denominator... | |
 | Mary Ann Bacon - Arithmetic - 1894 - 270 pages
...same number? To reduce a fraction is to change its form without changing its value. 7- REDUCTION. A. TO REDUCE A FRACTION TO ITS LOWEST TERMS: A fraction is in its Lowest Terms when its value is expressed in the smallest possible numbers. Thus, ~fv of a dollar is expressed in lowest... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury, Grenville C. Emery - Algebra - 1894 - 166 pages
...FRACTIONS. 115. Reduction of Fractions is changing their form without changing their value. CASE I. 116. To reduce a Fraction to its Lowest Terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor, that is, are mutually prime. a _ am am _ a Т... | |
 | George P. Lilley - Algebra - 1894 - 522 pages
...diminished as many times. A similar method of reasoning may be applied to the dividend and divisor. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. Solution. The HCF of the numerator and the denominator 7o26c x 1 is 7a2ic. Factoring,... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1895 - 200 pages
...FRACTIONS. 73. Reduction of Fractions is changing the terms without changing the value of a fraction. 74. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its terms are the least integers that will express its value. iii " i Of this line the two fourths... | |
 | Bothwell Graham - Arithmetic - 1895 - 240 pages
...reduction of a fraction is the process of changing its terms without altering its value. 186. Gase I. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 1. Reduce - to its lowest terms. OPERATION.... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Algebra - 1895 - 358 pages
...change the sign of its value (Prin. 1 and 2). a - aa Thus, bb -b REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS. CASE I. 120. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. Since dividing both numerator and denominator... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1895 - 398 pages
...FRACTIONS. 124. Reduction of Fractions is changing the terms without changing the value of a fraction. 125. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its terms are the least integers that will express its value. In this case its terms are mutually prime.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Mental arithmetic - 1895 - 216 pages
...a dollar in $£ ? 2. How many halves are there in f ? }? £? J^? Changing f to J we call reducing f to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when no whole number, except 1 , will divide both its terms without a remainder. 3. How many sixths of an... | |
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To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. 
