... that to take a half, a third, a fourth ... an nth of any quantity, it is only necessary to divide by 2, or 3, or 4 ... or n; that if, for example, 16 cents, or 16 feet, or 16 pounds has been divided into four parts, the counts of the units in each... The Psychology of Number and Its Applications to Methods of Teaching Arithmetic - Página 211por James Alexander McLellan, John Dewey - 1895 - 309 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Kinne - 1829 - 246 páginas
...Thus, 3x8x10 x3x4xi0 1x4x10 1x2x10 2T°=»20 2x6 1x6 1x2 ixl 9. 1f both the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the fraction will still retain its original value. Let^ and -^ be two fractions proposed ; thenjx|=,^;... | |
| William Kinne - 1831 - 248 páginas
...divided. Thus, 3x8x10 x3x4x10 1x4x10 1x2x10 2x6 1x6 1x2 1x1 9. If both the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the fraction will still retain its original value. inator 5, of the first fraction, be each multiplied... | |
| A. Turnbull - 1836 - 368 páginas
...same question is solved at paragraph 181, by the natural proceM 297. It has been shown repeatedly that if both terms of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered ; therefore, in reducing compound fractions, if any of the numerators... | |
| Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 páginas
...therefore the latter fraction is one-third of the former. 13. If both the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the valve of the fraction is not altered. For, if the numerator be multiplied by any number, the fraction... | |
| Rufus Putnam - 1849 - 276 páginas
...What is meant by the value of a fraction ! What are the terms of « fraction * What if both of the terms of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number? Why? Give an example. When is a fraction in its lowest terms? Repeat the rule for reducing fractions... | |
| Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1855 - 628 páginas
...numerator shows how by any quantity, is equivalent to multiplying the fraction by the same quantity. 3. If both terms of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same quantity, the value of the fraction will be unchanged. Transformation of Fractions. The tra.nsforn.alwn.... | |
| John Hind - 1856 - 346 páginas
...its constituent simple fractions. TRANSFORMATION OF FRACTIONS. 76. If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction will not be altered. For, if the fraction f be multiplied by 5, the product is... | |
| British and foreign school society - 1857 - 548 páginas
...the tenus vulgar fraction, decimal fraction, mixed number, and complex fraction. Prove that if the terms of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction ia not altered. 3. What is the meaning of a decimal system of coinage, and show... | |
| Richard Wormell - 1868 - 170 páginas
...in 54 when applied to a fraction, may be modified as follows : — If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. EXAMPLE.— 3=ixj=yV In the figure AC=J of AB and AF = y", AB.... | |
| H T. Sortwell - 1873 - 176 páginas
...lowest terms when the numerator and denominator have no common factor. If the numerator and denominator of a fraction be multiplied or divided by the same number, the value of the fraction is not altered. To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms — Step I. Divide the... | |
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