 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1828 - 330 pages
...— and £- is -,bad ad ad o part of *£. ^w. 6_£. ad ad Hence, to divide a fraction by a fraction, multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or more generally, when ihe divisor... | |
 | Thomas Conkling (W.) - Arithmetic - 1831 - 302 pages
...VULGAR FRACTIONS. RULE. Prepare the fractions, if need be, as before directed in multiplication; then, multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for a new numerator; and then multiply the denominator of the dividend, by the numerator of the divisor,... | |
 | Martin Ruter - Arithmetic - 1831 - 190 pages
...FRACTIONS. HULR. Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mix* ed numbers to equivalent fractions; then multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for a new numerator, and the denominator ol the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, for the de nominator;... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...a dollar then is the price of one bushel. Hence, 228. To divide a fraction by a fraction. RULE. — Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for a new numerator, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, for a new denominator.... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...a dollar then is the price of one bushel. Hence, 228. To divide a fraction by a fraction. RULE. — Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for a new numerator, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, for a new denominator.... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1833 - 198 pages
...Multiply numerator by numerator, and denominator by denominator. To divide a fraction by a fraction, — Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, Jor a numerator; and multiply the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, for... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 344 pages
...Multiply numerator by numerator, and denominator by denominator. To divide a fraction by a fraction, — Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for a numerator; and multiply the denominator of the div(end by the numerator of the divisor, for a denominator... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 300 pages
...multiply the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor for a new denominator, and the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for a new numerator. Compound fractions are to be reduced to simple ones, and mixed numbers to improper... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - Algebra - 1835 - 258 pages
...we then divide the numerator of the one by the numerator of the other, which gives us ^- . But if we multiply the. numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator ot the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, we shall obtain the same result... | |
 | B[enjamin] Franklin Callender - Measurement - 1836 - 226 pages
...divide a fraction by a fraction ; that is, to find how many times one fraction is contained in another. Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for the numerator of the quotient. Then multiply the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, for the denominator... | |
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It will be seen that we multiply the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor for the denominator of the quotient, and the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for the numerator of the quotient. 
