 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1814 - 304 pages
...the same as i+| + |. A fqurth part of three dollars, is equal to three fourths of one dollar. 135. The value of a fraction, is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. 6 ab Thus the value of -?r is 3. The value of -7- is a. £ D From this it is evident, that whatever... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1827 - 352 pages
...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 a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator, it is evident, from Art. 128, that when the numerator is equal to the denominator, the value of the fraction... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Arithmetic - 1834 - 378 pages
...they are is in its least terms. (224.) Since a fraction may always be regarded as a mode of expressing the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator, it follows that an improper fraction may always be reduced to a number partly integral and partly fractional, called... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1841 - 362 pages
...™=^=^l=6_+-2,&c. For the quotient in 2 5 26a 4drx 3+1 each of these instances is 2. 136. As the value of_ a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the "denominator, it is evident from Art. 128, that when the numerator is equal to the denominator, the value of the fraction... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Algebra - 1847 - 358 pages
...is the same as i+J+J. A fourth part of three dollars, is equal to three fourths of one dollar. 135. The value of a fraction, is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. Thus the value of - is 3. The value of — is a. 2 b From this it is evident, that whatever changes... | |
 | 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.... | |
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The Value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator. 
