 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...number of parts is expressed by the fraction, it is plain the fraction has been divided by 9. Therefore, Multiplying the denominator of a fraction by any number divides the fraction by that number. RULE I. — Divide the numerator of the fraction by the whole number, when it can be done without a... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...number of parts is expressed by the fraction, it is plain the fraction has been divided by 9. Therefore, Multiplying the denominator of a fraction by any number divides the fraction by that number. RULE I. — Divide the numerator of the fraction by the whole number, when it can be done without a... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 452 pages
...1 as large as before. SECOND OPERATION. ft is evident the fraction is also dijf -r- 7 = -fi^ = -i?f Ans. vided by 7 by multiplying its denominator by...that number (Art. 217). 2. Divide if by T%. Ans. 2. OPERATION. Since the fractional units of the two -{4 -T- -^j = 2 Ans. fractions are of the same kind,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...of parts is expressed by the fraction, it is plain tiie fraction has been divided by 9. Therefore, Multiplying the denominator of a fraction by any number divides the fraction by that number. RULE. — Divide the numerator of the fraction by the whole number, when it can be done without a remainder,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 458 pages
...as large as before. »ECOM> OPERATION. It Is evident the fraction is also di-£$. -5- 7 = 11j^ = T^- Ans. vided by 7 by multiplying its denominator by...the fraction by that number (Art. 217). 2. Divide T§ by TV Ans. 2. OPERATION. Since the fractional units of the two •}•§• ~*~ A = 2 Ans. fractions... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...fraction has been divided by 9. Therefore, 7 ' 63 It is evident this process divides the fraction, Multiplying the denominator of a fraction by any number divides the fraction by that number. RULE. — Divide the numerator of the fraction by the whole number, when it can be done without a remainder,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...number of parts is expressed by the fraction, it is plain the fraction has been divided by 9. Therefore, Multiplying the denominator of a fraction by any number divides the fraction by that number. RULE. — Divide the numerator of the fraction by the whole number, when it can be done without a remainder,... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Algebra - 1873 - 278 pages
...have ab ab , -= — = ab. But the value of the given fraction — = a ; hence, the fraction in each 3. Dividing the numerator or multiplying the denominator of a fraction by any quantity, divides the fraction by that quantity. a62 For, let — — - be any fraction and 6 any integer.... | |
 | Malcolm MacVicar - Arithmetic - 1876 - 412 pages
...problems in reduction of fractions, and illustrate each by the use of lines or objects. 9. Show that multiplying the denominator of a fraction by any number divides the fraction by that number (269). 10. Show by the use of lines or objects the truth of the following : (1. ) i of 2 equals f of... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 402 pages
...What is £ of f? fr-3? -| 14. What is the value of f -^ 2 ? Of | -=- 3 ? A- 5? 186. PRINCIPLE. — Dividing the numerator or multiplying the denominator...by any number, divides the fraction by that number. WRITTEN EXERCISES. Or, 1. Divide ff by 6. PROCESS. ANALYSIS.— Since dividing the nu2 merator of a... | |
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Multiplying the numerator or dividing the denominator of a fraction by any number, multiplies the fraction by that number. (2) Dividing the numerator or multiplying the denominator of a fraction by any number divides the fraction by that number. 
