 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Arithmetic - 1879 - 446 pages
...denominator causes an opposite change in the value of the fraction. (Art. 79.) (c.) Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the...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, §, -^j.... | |
 | George Ricks - Arithmetic - 1879 - 420 pages
...= J_fL = 3 2 (3) I = Ü = Й .= U From this we see that to multiply (and hence also to divide) the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. Thus in (3) we obtain -Jf from $• by multiplying numerator and denominator by 4... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1879 - 190 pages
...the same result may also be reached by multiplying both terms of the fraction by 2. Multiplying the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. When a fraction is changed to an equivalent one having larger terms,... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1880 - 268 pages
...? In -j^? 3. Change ^ to 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 Dallas Lind - Education - 1882 - 544 pages
...Why ? — Because it decreases the size of the parts while the number of parts remains the same. V. Multiplying both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not alter the value of the fraction. Why? Because it increases the number of parts and decreases the size... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Williston Cook - Arithmetic - 1883 - 200 pages
...f, which = 5fr. Form a rule. J ' TO 10 ANOTHER METHOD. Since multiplying numerator and denominator by the same number does not change the value of the fraction, multiply both terms by such a number as will make the given denominator equal the required denominator.... | |
 | Warren H. Sadler, William Russell Will - Arithmetic - 1885 - 422 pages
...sf££ of a circle. " 69. i3!^-* of a barrel 70. ^^ of a year. 71. iiis. of a cord. [/t] To multiply both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the...number does not change the value of the fraction. EXAMPLES. Reduce Reduce 80. ^j of a minute to ninety-firsts. 81. f of a cupful to sixty-thirds. 82.... | |
 | Oscar James Beale - Gearing - 1886 - 152 pages
...What fraction expressed in smaller numbers is nearest in value to -i^? Dividing the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. Dividing both Conaupnleue'dterinS of lYf bJ 29' we have 65^ Or, what is the same thing expressed as... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 
