 | Edmund Wingate - Arithmetic - 1751 - 438 pages
...becomes - - — >, and that again divided by 5, * 5 A * becomes -^ - | . 304. If a whole number be given to be divided by a Fraction, multiply the whole number...Fraction, and divide the Product by the Numerator thereof: For Example, if 48 be to be divided by i| = |, then the Quotient will be &£L - 6x^= 42. - 305. If... | |
 | Benjamin Donne - Algebra - 1758 - 428 pages
...Thus 3 may be writ 4» and 5 may be writ \. 561. Cafe 2. To reduce a mixed Number into an improper Fraction. Multiply the whole Number by the Denominator of the Fraction, and add in the Numerator of the Fraction, the Product will be a • Numerator ; under which place the Denominator... | |
 | James Morrison (accountant.) - 1801 - 242 pages
...'4 or , ' — ,4 3 x S = Ч ' 7 . x 7 . . " To divide an integer by a fraction, we may multiply it by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator, as in example 24. To divide à fraction by an integer, we may multiply the denominator by the integer,... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 734 pages
...2 cnt c. In short when an integer is to be divided ITVSW t by a fraction, you multiply the integer by the denominator of the fraction and divide the product by the numerator, and when a fraction is to be divided by a"n integer, you multiply the integer into the denominator... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Arithmetic - 1822 - 354 pages
...for a denominator. Thus, :'! — •;. Prop. 4. To reduce a mixed number to it» equivalent improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator ; tiiis sum, written above the denominator, will form the frac,tion... | |
 | Leonard Pierce - Arithmetic - 1823 - 170 pages
...denominator ; and im* ^er fractions to mixed or whole numbers. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product ; then that sum written above the denominator will form the fraction... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1825 - 400 pages
...-. part of — . ab ' a Arith. Art. XXIV. Hence to divide a whole number by a fraction, multiply it by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. How many times is -| contained in -J-. Solution. Reducing them to a common denominator, £ is |*, and... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 286 pages
...product write the numerator. 11. To divide a whole number by a fraction, — Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. III. To divide one fraction by another, — Invert the divisor, and multiply together the two upper... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Algebra - 1828 - 330 pages
...is _ part of — . aba Arith. Art. XXIV. Hence, to divide a whole number by a fraction, multiply it by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. How many times is f contained in % Solution. Reducing them to a common denominator, f 11 f£, and I... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1828 - 266 pages
...product write the numerator. II. To divide a whole number by a fraction, — Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator.* III. To divide one fraction by another, — Invert the divisor, and multiply together the two upper... | |
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Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. 
