Fifty Steps in Measures, Multiples, Vulgar & Decimal Fractions

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E.P. Williams and Son, 1871 - Fractions - 78 pages
 

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Page 29 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 13 - Thus, 144 is a common multiple of 3, 9, 18, and 24. The LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE of two or more given numbers is the least number which will contain each of the given numbers an exact number of times without a remainder.
Page 45 - Now a product must have as many decimal places as there are in the multiplier and multiplicand both.
Page 33 - When then we wish to multiply by a fraction we may multiply by the Numerator of the fraction, and then divide by the Denominator. Example.— Multiply £3 6s. 9|d. by | . 3 G 9| 2 3)6 13 7k 2 4 6è Ans. £2 4s. 6^d. Remembering that " of " means " multiplied by," we understand that such an example as Find | of £1 6s.

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