 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...to its Lowest Terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 174. PRINCIPLE. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value (167, III, 2). WJtlTTEN EXERCISES. 1. Reduce ff to its lowest terms. OPERATION. ANALYSIS.... | |
 | Philotus Dean - Arithmetic - 1874 - 472 pages
...the numerator. ILLUSTRATIONS.— y = 4; = ff; = Jf, &c. y = 4; = '/; = î, &c. Hence, multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number, does not aifect the value of the fraction. EXERCISES. 1. Illustrate the first preposition with fg : f ¿§.... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...; or, the denomination may be raised, as -J- to f, -fa. etc. GENERAL PRINCIPLE. — Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value. CASE I. 99. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...to its Lowest Terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. 174. PRINCIPLE. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value (167, III, 2). WRITTEN 1. Reduce f$ to its lowest terms. OPERATION. ANALYSIS. —... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter, Samuel Ashbel Farrand - Arithmetic - 1875 - 316 pages
...in 24 sixtieths, or 2 fifths, ( j). From the above is deduced the following : — 88, PRINCIPLE. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms, use the following: — RULE. — Divide... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1875 - 216 pages
...denominator to the divisor. Thus, the quotient cf 1 divided by 2 is 4 ; 3 divided by 4 is 1 ; 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... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - 1876 - 358 pages
...CANCELLATION. 123. Cancellation consists in rejecting equal factors from dividend and divisor. 124. All arithmetical operations in division may be expressed...All operations upon arithmetical quantities should first le expressed, as far as possible, by signs, that the processes may be clearly indicated to the... | |
 | Education - 1870 - 386 pages
...California look to Mr. Marks to establish beyond question. The author says: "B's class might solve it thus: dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value, dividing by 3 etc., and this, which is called the deductive method, must be satisfactory." Now, since... | |
 | Edgar Arthur Singer - Mental arithmetic - 1876 - 198 pages
...does not change the value of the fraction. Exercises. Change J§ to its lowest terms. 156. Sfodel. — Since dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction, JJ is changed to its lowest terms by dividing the numerator and the... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1876 - 230 pages
...denominator to the divisor. Thus, the quotient of 1 divided by 2 is i ; 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... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change the value of the fraction. 
