 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 376 pages
...expressed in the form of a fraction, the dividend being the numerator, and the divisor the denominator ; since dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value, it follows, that we may strike out, or cancel, any factors common to the dividend... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 364 pages
...expressed in the form of a fraction, the dividend being the numerator, and the divisor the denominator ; since dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value, it follows, that we may strike out, or cancel, any factors common to the dividend... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 322 pages
...multiplying both numerator and denominator of this complex fraction, -, by 7, we obtain £ ; but multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value (Art. 84, a), .*. - = £; ie the reciprocal of £ is J ; and, generally, the reciprocal of... | |
 | Education - 1866 - 538 pages
...of Chain Fractions. The usual rule for the reduction of fractions is based upon the principle that dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. Another mode of procedure, when the terms, without being prime numbers, are prime... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1868 - 238 pages
...§ 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 - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...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... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 
