 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1877 - 176 pages
...their lowest terms. 13. Reduce £f , f-|, |f to their lowest terms. PRINCIPLE. — The division of both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. Thus, if both terms of the fraction T\, equal to |-, be divided by 6, the quotient is \.... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...principles : 5°. Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. 6°. Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. REDUCTION OF FRACTIONS. 66. Reduction is the operation of changing the form of a number... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1889 - 482 pages
...process of reducing a fraction to lower terms. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 1. Reduce f J to fifths. SOLUTION. — Since dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change ite value (Prin. 6)ti=l. 5), we may reduce f$ to lower tenns by dividing both * " numerator and denominator... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1878 - 266 pages
...many equal parts as there are units in the number by which they are multiplied. PKIN. III.—Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction ; thus, 9-^3 3 12-=-3 4 The amount expressed by the 9 in the numerator or the 12 in... | |
 | Andrew H. Baker - Arithmetic - 1878 - 204 pages
...so only fractions of the same denominator can be directly added or subtracted. 4. As multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value, consequently fractions having different denominators are readily reduced to a common denominator.... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1878 - 164 pages
...not chauge its value. Hence the following PRINCIPLE V. — Multiplying both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. Multiply both numerator and denominator of 2. f by 3. 3. f by 5. 4. | by.6. 5. Л... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1878 - 240 pages
...of a fraction by any number is equivalent to multiplying the fraction by that number. 5. Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change tJie value of the fraction. What is a proper fraction? What is an improper fraction? What is the value... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1879 - 238 pages
...to the divisor. Thus, the quotient of 1 divided by 2 is 4 ; 3 divided by 4 is | ; and •§ is 2. 2. Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. For it has been shown, that canceling equal factors in the dividend and divisor does not... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1882 - 416 pages
...in the value of the fraction. (Art. 79.) (c.) Multiplying or dividing both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. (Art. 80.) 119. A Proper Fraction is one whose numerator is less than the denominator... | |
 | George E. Seymour - Arithmetic - 1880 - 332 pages
...denominator divides the fraction. Hence, the value of the fraction remains unchanged. Sixth Principle. 131. Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. DEMONSTRATION . Dividing the numerator divides the value of the fraction as many times 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. 
