 | John Henry Moore, George Washington Miner - Business mathematics - 1915 - 300 pages
...fractions equal in value to ^ ; to f ; to -|. 128. It has been seen that multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 129. A fraction is reduced to higher terms when the given numerator and denominator are expressed in... | |
 | William Henry Dooley - Mathematics - 1915 - 366 pages
...value. To reduce a fraction to higher terms. Multiplying the denominator and the numerator of the given fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. EXAMPLE. — Reduce .| to thirty-seconds. The denominator must be multiplied by 4 to _ x _ = Ans. obtain... | |
 | Education - 1915 - 396 pages
...8,756 — 8,134/, = 621%. B. Cancellation. — Teach principle involved — multiplying or dividing the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. Steps. — I. Reduction of fractions to lowest terms (elimination... | |
 | Arthur Treat Gorton, Leslie O. Lynch, Rupert H. Murray - Arithmetic - 1916 - 248 pages
...to 12ths, to 15ths. 4. Change -J- to 8ths, to 12ths, to 16ths, to 24ths. PRINCIPLE: Multiplying both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same...number does not change the value of the fraction. 5. Change f to 6ths. £=£ of 6 sixths=$. f = 2 times £ = 2 times 2 sixths =|-. 6. Change f to 12ths.... | |
 | William Aloysius Boylan, Floyd R. Smith - Arithmetic - 1916 - 150 pages
...denominator by 2, a factor common to both. We may say that we "cancel the 2's." _^ ^ Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor. , 12. Reduce... | |
 | Harry Anson Finney, Joseph Clifton Brown - Business mathematics - 1916 - 316 pages
...terms of the fraction by 12, and obtain the equivalent fraction f J. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 44. Reducing Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers. An improper fraction may be reduced to a mixed number.... | |
 | George William Myers, George Edward Atwood - Algebra - 1916 - 362 pages
...division axioms, §15, the value of the fraction is not changed. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. Exercise 102 1. Change fo an equivalent fraction whose numerator , , a — x is a — x . 2. Change... | |
 | Charles Gerard White, Pitt Payson Colgrove - Arithmetic - 1916 - 368 pages
...a fraction without changing the value of the fraction. 67. Principle: Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. 68. Change: — 1. £to 8ths 5. f to 6ths 9. f to 20ths 2. | to 15ths 6. | to 24ths 10.... | |
 | William Aloysius Boylan, Floyd R. Smith - Arithmetic - 1916 - 172 pages
...the numerator and the denominator by the same number. Multiplying the numerator and the denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 7. Change to eighths : \ \ fff £ 8. Change to tenths : 5 itfff 9. Change to a whole or a mixed number... | |
 | William Henry Dooley - Arithmetic - 1917 - 388 pages
...denominator are prime to each other. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. Dividing the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. Tlie process of dividing the numerator and denominator of a fraction by a number common to both may... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 
