 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...Multiplying or dividing both terms 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 its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when they are the least whole numbers... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1877 - 164 pages
...fraction are the numerator and denominator. 48. When is a fraction expressed in its lowest or smallest terms ? A fraction is in its Lowest Terms when no number greater than 1 will divide both its terms without a remainder. LESSON XXV. 49. 1. In 1 apple there are how many halves of an apple?... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Mental arithmetic - 1877 - 156 pages
...elevenths in 6^? 7^-? 8^? 9T8T? 12. How many twelfths in 5т>г? 6^? 7т5г? 9д? LESSON XXVII. NOTE. — A fraction is in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1 will divide both terms. 1. Reduce \ to its lowest terms. SOLUTION. — Dividing both terms of J by 2, the result... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1882 - 416 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.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1879 - 190 pages
...fraction is said to be reduced to lower terms when it is changed to an equivalent fraction having smaller terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1 will divide both its numerator and denominator, without a remainder. 53. Reduce T62 to its lowest terms. 54. How... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1879 - 398 pages
...of a fraction or to its dividing line, plus is 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... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1879 - 376 pages
...KEDUCTION OF FRACTIONS is the process of changing their forms without altering their values. CASE I. 124. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, or simplest form, when its terms are prime to each other. 1. Eeduce „ . to its lowest terms. 9 bc... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1879 - 346 pages
...REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS is the process of changing their forms without altering their values. CASE I. 121. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms, or simplest form, when its terms are prime to each other. 1. Reduce . . to its lowest terms. 9 bc We... | |
 | James William Nicholson - Arithmetic - 1885 - 348 pages
...to twelfths. 26. £ to twentieths. 27. | to tenths. 28. £f to sevenths. 29. | to thirtieths. 146. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its terms have no common divisor. Reduce ^§ to its lowest terms. EXPLANATION. — Divide both terms... | |
 | James William Nicholson - Arithmetic - 1885 - 248 pages
...Reduction of a Fraction consists in changing its terms without altering its value. 176. C'ASE I. — To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in the lowest terms when no number greater than 1 will exactly divide its numerator and denominator. 1.... | |
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To REDUCE A FRACTION TO ITS LOWEST TERMS. A fraction is in its lowest terms when no number greater than 1 will exactly divide both numerator and denominator. I. Reduce ^ to its lowest terms. 
