 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - 1826 - 214 páginas
...iu order to prepare them for the operations of Addition, Subtraction, &c. CASE I. To abbreviate or reduce fractions to their lowest terms.* * A fraction is in its lowest terms, when represented by the least numbers possible: thus J^ when reduced to its lowest terms is — J. 152.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1849 - 336 páginas
...by their greatest common divisor, and the result will be the fraction in its lowest terms. NOTE. — A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. (Art. 1 18.) EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Reduce -fr to its lowest terms. 3. Reduce -£$ to its lowest... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 páginas
...by their greatest common divisor, and the result will be the fraction in its lowest terms. NOTE. — A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. (Art. 118.) EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Reduce ^ to its lowest terms. Ans. ^. 3. Eeduce ^F to its lowest... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 páginas
...by their greatest common divisor, and the result will be the fraction in its lowest terms. NOTE. — A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other. (Art. 118.) EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Reduce 5^ to its lowest terms. Ans. £. 3. Reduce •/$ to its... | |
 | Barnard Smith - 1854 - 368 páginas
...9. (9) ^ of i of ЭД of | of ,% of 2 of jfc, (10) £ Qf | of f of 70g-- of & of 1^ of 147. 72. DEF. A Fraction is in its LOWEST TERMS, when its numerator and denominator are PRIME to each other. Note. When the numerator and denominator of a fraction are not prime to each other, they have (Art.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1857 - 452 páginas
...of fractions is the process of changing their form of expression without altering their value. 219. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other (Art. 166). 220. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. Ex. 1. Reduce jf to its lowest terms. Ans.... | |
 | Barnard Smith - 1857 - 740 páginas
...| of | of 9. (9) /s-ofjof^off of,%of2of£, (10) f of f of f of 70 J of ^ of 1 jfr of 147. 72. DBF. A FRACTION is in its LOWEST TERMS, when its numerator and denominator are PRIME to each other. Note. When the numerator and denominator of a fraction are not prime to each other, they have (Art.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1858 - 456 páginas
...of fractions is the process of changing their form of expression without altering their value. 219. A fraction is in its lowest terms, when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other (Art. 1GG). 220. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms. Ex. 1. Reduce ! to its lowest terms. Ans.... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1858 - 288 páginas
...are taken or considered. (h.) The Numerator and Denominator are called the TERMS of the fraction. (L) A fraction is in its LOWEST TERMS when its numerator and denominator are the smallest entire numbers which will express its value. (j.) A MIXED NUMBER is a whole number and... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1859 - 348 páginas
...quotient, respectively, and we shall have the following GENERAL PRINCIPLES OP FRACTIONS. * 1241. PEIN. I. Multiplying the numerator multiplies the fraction,...terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction f § to its lowest terms. FIRST OPERATION. ANALYSIS. Dividing both 48 — 24 — 12 — 4 Jne terms... | |
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To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction £§ to its lowest terms. 
