 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 528 pages
...both terms of a ratio by any number does not change its value. For, o : e equals the fraction — and multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. CASE I. 725. To find the value of a, simple ratio. 1. What is the ratio of 12 to 18 ? SOLUTION. —... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 350 pages
...result is T65; in T«j there are twice as many parts as in |, but they are only one-half as large. 6. Dividing both, terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. Thus, if both terms of Д be divided by 2, the result will be f; in f there are only one-half as many... | |
 | 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 \. The value... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - Arithmetic - 1877 - 348 pages
...their lowest terms. 14. Reduce -}|, £f, ff, |f to their lowest terms. PRINCIPLE. — The division of both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. WRITTEN PROBLEMS. 1. Keduce Ц-f to its lowest terms. SOLUTION. Explanation. — Dividing both terms... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...Smallest, or Lowest Terms when its numerator and denominator have no common divisor. 161. PRINCIPLE. — Dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change tlie value of the fraction. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 162. 1. Change ff to an equivalent fraction expressed... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 564 pages
...or mul6. Multiplying or dividing both terms of a ratio by any number does not change its value. c > terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. For, a : c equals the fraction — and multiplying or dividing both CASE I. 725. To find the value... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 444 pages
...by the same number, and hence does not change ita value. 6. Dividing both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. Since dividing the numerator divides the value of the fraction, and dividing the denominator multiplies... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 250 pages
...by the same number, and hence does not change its value. 6. Dividing both numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. Since dividing the numerator divides the value of the fraction, and dividing the denominator multiplies... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 438 pages
...mixed, numbers. OPERATION. li— 151. 1. How many units in SOLUTION. — Since dividing both terras of a fraction by the same number does not change its value (Prin. 6), by dividing both terms by 5, we have _ ?, or 15|» Rule. — Divide the numerator by the... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 402 pages
...when its numerator and denominator are expressed by larger numbers. 157. PRINCIPLE. — Multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number, does not change the value of the fraction. WRITTEN EXERCISES. 1. Change ^ to forty-fifths. PROCESS. ANALYSIS. — Since... | |
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Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value. 
