 | John Groesbeck - 1891 - 426 pages
...of such change ia to obtain the simplest or most convenient form for use. CASE I. 59. To Change or Reduce a Fraction to its Lowest Terms. — A fraction is in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1 will divide both the numerator and denominator without a remainder. Mule 1.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Wm. M. Peck - 1894 - 310 pages
...Fractions is the process of changing their forms without changing their values. A fraction is reduced to its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. A fraction is reduced to higher terms by multiplying both numerator and denominator by the same number.... | |
 | George Edward Atwood - Arithmetic - 1894 - 396 pages
...Fractions is the process of changing their form without changing their value. 85. A fraction is reduced to its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 86. To reduce a fraction to higher terms. RULE. — Multiply both terms of the fraction by the same... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1895 - 430 pages
...terms is the process of changing it to an equal fraction having a smaller numerator and denominator. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the numerator and denominator are prime to each other. ORAL EXERCISES. 1. How many thirds are there in T% ? SOLUTION. — 0ne equals ^f. and £ equals £... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 1. Reduce - to its lowest terms. 
