 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
 | George Hervey Hallett, Robert Franklin Anderson - Algebra - 1917 - 432 pages
...that is, we may write em_u. (6) bm b From identities (5) and (6) we have the following principle : . Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number (zero excepted) does not change its value. Note. The denominator of a fraction cannot be zero. The... | |
 | Clarence Wesley Sutton, Nels Johann Lennes - Business mathematics - 1918 - 320 pages
...fraction by the same number does not change its value. These two rules may be stated in one as follows: Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. 96. Fractions in Lowest Terms. — When the numerator and denominator of a fraction have... | |
 | Clarence Wesley Sutton, Nels Johann Lennes - Business mathematics - 1918 - 488 pages
...fraction by the same number does not change its value. These two rules may be stated in one as follows: Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. 112. Fractions in Lowest Terms. — When the numerator and denominator of a fraction have... | |
 | United States - 1918 - 840 pages
...4-n2_j^.J: _4_ 12 ~ 12' 12X2 ~ 24 12' 12 12'12-~2 6' To multiply both the numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction ; multiplying raises it to higher terms, and dividing reduces it to lower terms. To reduce a fraction... | |
 | Walter Burton Ford, Charles Ammerman - Algebra - 1919 - 360 pages
...,xу _ x2 x у xу . г/ xz EXERCISES, SECOND LIST, PAGE 161 1. Dividing the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. q2 - 2 a - 15 _ (л 6)(a + 3) _ а+_§ * 3 - _ )(3я 3) _ . 2x-3 -3x2 — 4 а; rг/- 6д— 6г/_... | |
 | Charles Ernest Chadsey, James Hamblin Smith - Arithmetic - 1920 - 328 pages
...diagram to show that the value of the fraction has not been changed. From these examples we see that : t Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number...does not change the value of the fraction. Exercise 6. Changing to Lowest Terms We have seen in the preceding exercise that we may divide both the numerator... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1920 - 446 pages
...f to fto |to |to |to 18ths. 25ths. 16ths. 14ths. 25ths. 18ths. S0ths. 133 PRINCIPLE.—Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 134. 1. Change ^ to 48tlis. 48-5-16= 3 7-x 3 = 21 16 x 3 = 48 EXPLANATION.— Since... | |
 | Samuel Hamilton - Arithmetic - 1920 - 362 pages
...8. 5, 10, 40 10. 3, 6, 36 12. 6, 7, 14 COMMON FRACTIONS REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS Oral and Written Work Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. 1. Change T5ff to 64ths. 64 -=- 16 = 4 Since multiplying both terms of a fraction by 5 5x4... | |
 | Theodore Lindquist - Mathematics - 1920 - 260 pages
...? 61. Reduction to Equivalent Fractions. — Which is more, | or | of a yard ? J or A of a dollar ? Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. Such changes are called reductions, and the fractions are said to be equivalent. Thus, f... | |
 | Theodore Lindquist - Mathematics - 1920 - 260 pages
...? 61. Reduction to Equivalent Fractions. — Which is more, | or | of a yard ? i or A of a dollar ? Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. Such changes are called reductions, and the fractions are said to be equivalent. Thus, I... | |
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