 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1826 - 114 pages
...reduction? Ans. It'fs not. How is the value not altered? Ana. It has 1 een shown heretofore that multiplying the numerator and denominator by the same number does not alter the value, and in this rule they are so multiplied. Give an example of £ and J reduced to a common denominator?... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1827 - 216 pages
...reduction ? A. Itisnot. How is the value not altered ? A. It has been shown heretofore, that multiplying the numerator and denominator by the same number does not alter the value, and in this rule they are so multiplied. Give an example of 4 and J reduced to a common denominator... | |
 | Euclid, James Thomson - Geometry - 1837 - 410 pages
...being n third of 8, and the other only a sixth of it. 10. The value of a fraction is not changed by multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number. Thus, k is the same as £g. 11. Fractions having a common denominator, are added or subtracted by adding... | |
 | Euclid, James Thomson - Geometry - 1845 - 382 pages
...being a third of 7, and the other only a sixth of it. 10. The value of a fraction is not changed by multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number. Thus, £ is the same as }£ . 11. Fractions having a common denominator, are added or subtracted by... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...which equals 4x2. 314. To multiply or divide both the antecedent and consequent of a couplet by the same number, does not alter the ratio ; for, multiplying...number, does not alter the value of the fraction. (Art. 116.) Thus the ratio of 12:4 is 3 ; The " 12x2 : 4x2 is 3 ; And « 12+2 : 4n-2 is 3. 315. If the two... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 402 pages
...which equals 4x2. 314. To multiply or divide both the antecedent and consequent of a couplet by the same number, does not alter the ratio : for, multiplying...number, does not alter the value of the fraction. (Art. 116.) 4 is 3; 4x2 is 3; Thus, the ratio of 12 The " 12x2 And " 12 H- 2 3 1 5. If the two numbers compared... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...which equals 4x2. 314. To multiply or divide both the antecedent and consequent of a couplet by the same number, does not alter the ratio : for, multiplying...number, does not alter the value of the fraction. (Art. 116.) Thus, the ratio of 12 : 4 is 3 ; The " 12x2: 4x2 is 3; And " 12-^2 : 4-h2 is 3. 3 1 5. If the... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 434 pages
...consequent. (Art. 189. Obs.) To multiply or divide both the antecedent and consequent of a couplet by the same number ,- does not alter the ratio : for, multiplying...Thus, the ratio of 12:4 is 3 ; The " 12X2 :4X2 is 3; And " 12,7-2 : 4^2 is 3. 4-8 5 « If the two numbers compared are equal, the ratio is a unit or... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1848 - 434 pages
...(Art. 189. Obs.) 484. To multiply or divide both the antecedent and consequent of a couplet by the same number, does not alter the ratio : for, multiplying...the numerator and denominator by the same number, docs not alter the value of the fraction. (Art. 191.) Thus, the ratio of 12:4 is 3 ; The " 12X2: 4X2... | |
 | P. Fletcher - Arithmetic - 1848 - 138 pages
...finding a common denominator. We know that to multiply the numerator and denominator of a fraction by the same number, does not alter the value of the fraction ; and knowing this, our work is simple. We have but to multiply the whole of the denominators together... | |
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... multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number, does not alter the value of the fraction. 
