 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1895 - 526 pages
...same denominator, as A and 4. Dissimilar Fractions have different denominators, as £ and £. 238. A fraction is in its Lowest Terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other, that is, when the terms have no common divisor. 239. The denominator of a fraction shows how many fractional... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1895 - 398 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.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Mental arithmetic - 1895 - 216 pages
...a dollar in $£ ? 2. How many halves are there in f ? }? £? J^? Changing f to J we call reducing f to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when no whole number, except 1 , will divide both its terms without a remainder. 3. How many sixths of an... | |
 | James M. Cook - 1897 - 216 pages
...compound fraction to a simple one? Ans. Multiply the numerators together and the denominators together. 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... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1897 - 422 pages
...e)' REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS. 132. To Reduce a Fraction to its Lowest Terms. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other (§ 111). 133. CASE I. When the numerator and denominator can be readily factored by inspection. By... | |
 | Edwin Crawford Hewett - Arithmetic - 1897 - 370 pages
...be changed proportionately, according to the principles stated on the preceding page. 96. To Change a Fraction to its Lowest Terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when the terms contain no common prime factor except one. The process consists in removing all the common... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1897 - 522 pages
...e)' REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS. 132. To Reduce a Fraction to its Lowest Terms. A fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other (§ 111). 133. CASE I. When the numerator and denominator can be readily factored by inspection. By... | |
 | Fletcher Durell, Edward Rutledge Robbins - Algebra - 1897 - 482 pages
...must be changed. TRANSFORMATIONS OP FRACTIONS. I. To REDUCE A FRACTION то ITS LOWEST TEEMS. 137. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor. 138. Direct Reduction. When the terms of the fraction are monomials, or polynomials... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - Arithmetic - 1897 - 368 pages
...stream ? What is the ratio of the rate down stream to that up stream ? REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS 112. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor. (1) Reduce $f Jf to its lowest terms. The object of reduction is to give a more... | |
 | James Alexander McLellan, Albert Flintoft Ames - Arithmetic - 1897 - 368 pages
...stream ? What is the ratio of the rate down stream to that up stream ? REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS 112. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator have no common factor. (1) Reduce f |^f to its lowest terms. The object of reduction is to give a more... | |
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To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction -|| to its lowest terms. 
