| Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1889 - 482 pages
...a fraction to lower terms. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 1. Reduce f J to fifths. SOLUTION. — Since dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change ite value (Prin. 6)ti=l. 5), we may reduce f$ to lower tenns by dividing both * " numerator and denominator... | |
| William Frothingham Bradbury - 1882 - 416 pages
...in the value of the fraction. (Art. 79.) (c.) Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. (Art. 80.) 119. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than the denominator ; as, -|, ^-.... | |
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1879 - 238 pages
...equal factors in the dividend and divisor does not change its quotient ; and it also follows, that 3. Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value+ 4 4-=-2 4 4X2 Thus, -, or = 2, and -, or = 2. 2 2-^2 2 2X2 KElfTA.1. EXERCISES. 1. How much... | |
| Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1879 - 404 pages
...of the fraction by the same number, or by dividing both terms uy the same number. DEMONSTRATION. — Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction; because multiplying the numerator multiplies the number of parts,... | |
| Edward Olney - Arithmetic - 1879 - 420 pages
...of the fraction by the same number, or by dividing both terms by the same number. Demonstration. — Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction; because multiplying the numerator multiplies the number of parts,... | |
| Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1880 - 268 pages
...fourths ; if to fifths; TV to halves. 4. PRINCIPLE. — Dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 5. How many thirds in $ ? In $ ? In }f ? In ^ ? 6. Change £ and TV each to fourths, and explain. 7.... | |
| George E. Seymour - Arithmetic - 1880 - 332 pages
...parts, while the number of parts expressed by the numerator remains unchanged. Filth Principle. 130. Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. DEMONSTRATION. Multiplying the numerator multiplies the value of the fraction as many times... | |
| Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1882 - 398 pages
...times, and making each one fourth as large, so that the value of the fraction is not changed. 111. Principle. Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. 27. Change to 12ths J, J, J, ft ft j, £ 28. Change to 18ths ft ft J, J, ft ft ft f, ft... | |
| Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 324 pages
...number divides the fraction by that number. 3. Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. EXERCISES. 58. 1. Read the following fractions, and copy separately : 1, the simple fractions ; 2,... | |
| Arithmetic - 1882 - 526 pages
...Multiplying both terms by the same number does not change the value of the fraction ; and Dividing both terms by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. * 11. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF FRACTIONS. I. Multiplying the numerator or dividing the denominator multiplies... | |
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