 | C T. Watkins - 1810 - 1056 pages
...fraction its value is diminished { •f product being less than the Dumber multiplied. Division.— Rule. Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the product is the numerator of t tin' quotient: then mut iply the deno> minntur of the dividend... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 554 pages
...multiplication «f mixed numbers. SK DIVISION DIVISION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. Division is performed by multiplying the numerator oF the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for a numerator to the quotient, and the denominator, of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor,... | |
 | John Gough - Arithmetic - 1813 - 358 pages
...I sum of 40 and 5^, is 45 ^ the 45^ * product required. «i CHAP. VI. DIVISION OF FRACTIONS. Rule. Multiply the Numerator of the Dividend by the Denominator of the Divisor for a Numerator, and the Denominator of the Dividend by the Numerator of the Divisor for the Denominator... | |
 | John Dougall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1815 - 514 pages
...DIVISION OF VUIGAR FRACTIONS. Division is performed by cross multiplication : that is by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor ; for a numerator to the quotient, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, for... | |
 | Leonhard Euler - Algebra - 1821 - 380 pages
...must be represented simply by the division of ad by bc ; which gives r— . Hence the following rule : Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator q/\ the dividend by the numerator ojj the divisor ; the first product will be the... | |
 | Charles Tayler - 1824 - 350 pages
...and it is then clear from the above examples that the quotient will be ^. Hence the following rule. Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor ; the Jirst product will be the... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1825 - 400 pages
...c , bc — • is r part of — - Am. — . ad 6 r ad ad Hence, <o divide a fraction by ajraction, 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 the divisor... | |
 | Silvestre François Lacroix - Arithmetic - 1825 - 394 pages
...must be represented simply by the division of ad by bc ; which gives r— . Hence the following rule : Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and tlie denominator of tlie dividend by the numerator of the divisor ; tlie first product unll be... | |
 | Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler - Arithmetic - 1826 - 232 pages
...the two first propositions repecting fractions, of § 38, from which is deduced the following rule : Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor; the first gives the numerator,... | |
 | Martin Ruter - Arithmetic - 1828 - 180 pages
...FRACTIONS. RULE. Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixed numbers to equivalent fractions; then 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 th« 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. 
