More recently the writer with perhaps the greatest itch to rewrite has been Dean Koontz, the best-selling author of psychological thrillers, who has rewritten a number of his early paperbacks.
They needed to find the least common multiple of the denominators, rewrite each number as an equivalent fraction, add the numerators, find the greatest common factor, then reduce the final answer — not just find the greatest common factor and reduce.
I said I would like her and as many of her colleagues who felt so inclined to appear in the film, then set about rewriting a number of scenes so that they could be played out in the square in front of that strangely cheerful, yet sinister by association, pink presidential palace, the Casa Rosada.
Because the students were familiar with the basic principles — finding the least common multiple of the denominators, rewriting each number as an equivalent fraction, adding the numerators, finding the greatest common factor, then reducing the final answer — they quickly caught on when she asked them to add three fractions.
After all, in the parliamentary elections, there were many reports of official results being rewritten and numbers simply changed once the election protocols had left the polling stations, in order to boost the percentage of Mr Putin's party.
Originally written as a waltz, Blake rewrote the number as a foxtrot at the singer's request.
Blake's original version of the song was a Viennese waltz, but according to the authors of America's Songs, performer Lottie Gee encouraged rewriting the number as an up-tempo one-step.
Rewrite this number as 1.009025.
Rewrite this number to drop any insignificant digits.
Rewrite the number, separating each individual digit by a plus sign.
