 | Eugene Herz, Mary G. Brants - Arithmetic - 1920 - 344 pages
...division is not changed by multiplying the dividend and the divisor by the same number, we can multiply the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction. EXAMPLE: 11 _ If X 6 10 2_ (We use 6 as the number to mul7|... | |
 | Walter Burton Ford - Algebra - 1922 - 286 pages
...(a+6)2-(a-6)212 2a6-(a+6)2 ' x*-(xj/)*' 13. a(6-c)+6(ac)-c(o-6). PRINCIPLE 2. Multiplying or dividing both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. Thus 2=2_X2=4 3 3X2 6 Likewise 8 = 8-^-2^4 10~10-i-2~5 Also... | |
 | Harry Brooks - Arithmetic - 1923 - 358 pages
...numerator and to the denominator of % to make it f ? How do ^ and f compare in value? Then multiplying the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number does what to the fraction ? Does it change its value? Compare ^ and f. What has been done to the numerator... | |
 | Education - 1914 - 722 pages
...denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. (b) Multiplying both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction, (c) The quotient of any two fractions is found by inverting... | |
 | Raleigh Schorling, John Roscoe Clark - Mathematics - 1925 - 332 pages
...multiply the denominator by the number and write the result under the numerator. (g) y|r = ^ (6) Dividing both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same num- ( f\ *-s-2 = 4 ber does not change the value of the fraction. " ' -'' " ', 2. What should Joyce,... | |
 | John Roscoe Clark - Mathematics - 1925 - 170 pages
...number, multiply the denominator by the number and write the result under the numerator. (6) Dividing both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 2. Match these tables and formulas : TABLE (a) SX ft = 1%... | |
 | Harry De Witt De Groat, Sidney Grant Firman, William A. Smith - Arithmetic - 1926 - 368 pages
...product of three numbers, and know two of the numbers, how can you find the third ? S. If you divide both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number, what will you do to the fraction? 4. If you know the distance and the rate of travel, how can you find... | |
 | Robert Lee Morton - Arithmetic - 1927 - 370 pages
...such concrete illustrations the pupil can be led to discover the general principle that we can divide the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction. Practice should be centered on those fractions which are... | |
 | Dexter J Booth - Mathematics - 1995 - 300 pages
...4 5~4x5 Now repetitive addition can be employed to give: 3x2^ 6 4x5 ~ 20 Notice that if we multiply the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number we obtain an equivalent fraction. For example: 7x4 _ 28 3x4 ~ 12 which is equivalent to: 7 3 because:... | |
 | Erik Hallendorff - Competency-based education - 1999 - 260 pages
...6.a Exercise 12: Equivalent fractions Equivalent fractions To find equivalent fractions we multiply the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number, but not 0. Example 2 3 2, 3 \ \ So, 2 4 6 Work out the following equivalent fractions: 1. \ 2. 1 2... | |
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We have seen in the preceding exercise that we may divide both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number without changing the value of the fraction. 
