 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1879 - 200 pages
...EEDUCTION OF FEACTIONS. 93. Reduction of Fractions is changing their form without altering their value. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other ; as, -f, f -f- . To EEDUCE A FRACTION TO ITS LOWEST TERMS. EXAMPLE. — Eeduce |-| to its lowest terms.... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1879 - 398 pages
...always to be understood. Reduction of Fractions. 112. To reduce a Fraction to its Lowest Terms. — A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator contain no common factor; and since the value of a fraction is not changed if we divide both numerator... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1880 - 420 pages
...fraction to lower terms, is changing it to an equivalent fraction whose terms are smaller numbers. 2. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other; as, f, but not f. PROBLEM. — Reduc3 -|$ to its lowest terms. SOLUTION. — Dividing both terms by... | |
 | George Ricks - 1881 - 288 pages
...A number which has three digits repeated in the same order is divisible by 7, 11, and 13. NOTE. — A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator have no factor in common. EXERCISES ON REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS. 1. Reduce ffo, yfy, ^^y, and ^^ to their... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 348 pages
...denominator are expressed in larger numbers ; to lower terms, when expressed in smaller numbers ; and to its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 2. AH higher terms of a fraction are multiples of its lowest terms. 105. To change fractions to higher... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 360 pages
...denominator are expressed in larger numbers ; to lower terms, when V expressed in smaller numbers ; and to its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 2. All higher terms of a fraction are multiples of its lowest terms. Il 1O5. To change fractions to... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1883 - 364 pages
...denominator are expressed in larger numbers ; to lower terms, when expressed in smaller numbers ; and to its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator are prime to each oilier. 2. All higher terms of a fraction are multiples of its lowest terms. 105. To change fractions... | |
 | Dennis Heywood - 1884 - 236 pages
...2. Tim 4- 7|M «• 4323J 8. 1ft 10. 44fH To REDUCE A FRACTION TO ITS LOWEST TERMS. DEFINITION. — A Fraction is in its Lowest Terms when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. RULE. — Divide both numerator and denominator by their GCM 1. Tf§S7TQ 6- 3^7 I- *% «. HH* I- V^tr... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1885 - 358 pages
...their form without altering their value. CASE I. ART. 138. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. Art. 110, Def. 5. Thus, 2 is in its lowest terms, while 3 ^ is not. 1. Reduce |J to its lowest terms.... | |
 | A G. Blake - 1885 - 218 pages
...numerator and denominator are both divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. A fraction is IN ITS LOWEST TERMS when the numerator and denominator are prime to one another. If any number will measure both the numerator and the denominator, the fraction can be... | |
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To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A Fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 
