 Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction.  Elementary Algebra - Page 175by George William Myers, George Edward Atwood - 1916 - 338 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Groesbeck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 350 pages
...dividend, and the denominator the divisor. 33. Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 34. Multiplying the numerator, or dividing the denominator, of a fraction multiplies the fraction.... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1868 - 238 pages
...NOTE. — Change § and | to the most convenient denomination.* • Twelfths. ILLUSTRATION. FORM. — Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value ; hence if the terms of f are multiplied by 4, and the terms of | are multiplied by 3, the... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 358 pages
...dividend, and the denominator the divisor. 33. Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 34. Multiplying the numerator, or dividing the denominator, of a fraction multiplies the fraction.... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...multiplies the fraction. 3. Dividing the numerator or multiplying the denominator divides the fraction. 4. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. Exercises. 1. If a unit be divided into 4 equal parts, what will be the name or denomination... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 204 pages
...fraction with greater terms, it is reduced to Higher Terms. Art. 66. PRINCIPLE. — Tlie multiplication of both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. Art. 67. RULES. — 1. To reduce a fraction to higher terms, Divide the given denominator... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 350 pages
...fraction equal to 1 ? Greater than 1 ? Less than 1 ? 16. Show that the division or multiplication of both terms of a fraction by the same number, does not change its value. How is the value of a proper fraction affected by adding the same number to both of its... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1871 - 220 pages
...Terras when its numerator and denominator have no common factor greater than 1. 183. Principle. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 184. — 1. Reduce ff to its lowest terms. 20 5 X-&-X 2 5 5 SOLUTION.— The ~aT/... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Business mathematics - 1871 - 370 pages
...dividend, and the denominator the divisor. 33. Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 34. Multiplying the numerator, or dividing the denominator, of a fraction multiplies the fraction.... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1872 - 374 pages
...dividend, and the denominator the divisor. 33. Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 34. Multiplying the numerator, or dividing the denominator, of a fraction multiplies the fraction.... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1872 - 352 pages
...Lowest Terms when expressed in terms which are prime to each other. 162. Principle. — Multiplijiny or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. For, in the one case, as the number of parts is increased, their size is diminished ; and,... | |
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