 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1827 - 352 pages
...substitute any other fraction which will give the same quotient. For the quotient in 2 5 26a 4t/n 3 + 1 each of these instances is 2. 136. As the value of...that when the numerator is equal to the denominator, the value of the fraction is a unit ; when the numerator is * Horsley's Mathematics, Camus' Arithmetic,... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1827 - 216 pages
...divided by | is by the rule \\_ and \ goes in |, ie "2 in 4 2 times, now 5 * is equal to ï, for Hie value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. Questions to exercise the scholar in fractions, either with nr without the. Slate. You own J В ^ С... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1829 - 196 pages
...Ans- * 2. Reduce 5 to the denominator 4. Ans. 3_c 3. Reduce 7 to the denominator 15. Ans. '-as T4-. The VALUE of a fraction is the QUOTIENT of the numerator divided by the denominator. The value of 1 is 2i ; because 21 is the quotient of 7 -— 3. The value of ia is 3 ; because 3 is... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Algebra - 1844 - 266 pages
...numerator of every fraction may be considered as a dividend, of which the denominator is a divisor. 110. The value of a fraction, is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. Thus the value of - is 3. The value of -7- is o. 111. From this it is evident, that whatever changes... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...both terms are divided by 2, the fraction becomes f, whose-. value is' 3 ; that is, 1 1 7 • Since the value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator, it follows, that If the numerator and denominator are equal, the value is a unit or one. Thus, f =1, f=l,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...numerator answering to the dividend, and the denominator to the divisor. (Arts. 67, 105.) Hence, ] 1O. The value of a fraction is, the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. Thus the value of £ is two ; of ^ is one ; of £ is one third, &c. Hence, III, If the denominator... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 402 pages
...numerator answering to the dividend, and the denominator to the divisor. (Arts. 67, 105.) Hence, I 1 0. The value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. Thus the value of £ is two ; of j is one ; of £ is one third, &c. Hence, 111. If the denominator... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1847 - 358 pages
...fraction which will give the same quotient. Ttai=!2=^=!*2L=!±?,&o. For the quotient in 2 5 Zba 4drx 3+1 each of these instances is 2. 136. As the value of a fraction is the quotient of the nu merator divided by the denominator, it is evident from Art. 128, that when the numerator is equal... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1847 - 426 pages
...one, 23 sevenths will make as mnny whole ones as 7 is contained times in 23. And 23-=-7 — 3?. But the value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided ly the denominator. (Art. 185.) Hence, 196. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole, or mixed number.... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1848 - 194 pages
...the denominator may always be considered a divisor. 5. What then is the value of a fraction ? ANS. The value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. 6. Of what is the fraction ^ the quotient ? ANS. The fraction \ is the quotient of 1 divided by 4.... | |
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The Value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. 
