Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator. An Elementary Arithmetic - Page 101by Daniel Bernard Hagar - 1877 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Wingate - Arithmetic - 1751 - 438 pages
...JI^L^ »" , , , 3 X~8 Jxl" 3X4 T "* 3°*' iof 120 = '|° = 30. 299. Hence if it be required to multiply an integer by a Fraction, multiply the integer by...Fraction and divide the product by the Denominator. For Example, the product of 48 by \ is = 6X5 = 30. That the methods above directed are true, may be... | |
| Thomas Hodson - Arithmetic - 1806 - 488 pages
...number in the upper line. Then multiply the laft number, thus found by the abfolute number (6)t in the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator; then the remainder will be the true value of x required, provided the number of terms in the upper... | |
| L. I. M. Chevigné - Mathematics - 1807 - 294 pages
...We shall here observe, that to multiply a whole number by a fraction, we must multiply that number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator of said fraction. Let us now return to the question proposed ; I say now, that it was not 3 I had to... | |
| Osgood Carleton - Arithmetic - 1810 - 264 pages
...то SIMPLE MULTIPLICATION. CASE I. When the multiplier is a fraction, as •§, -J, Sec. multiply by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; the quotient will be the true product : If the numerator be 1, divide by the denominator only, as... | |
| Charles Butler - Mathematics - 1814 - 540 pages
...fraction, the numerator of which is greater than unity. RULE. Multiply the logarithm of the given number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. Or, Divide the logarithm by the denominator, and multiply the quotient by the numerator. Or, Reduce the fraction to... | |
| Beriah Stevens - Arithmetic - 1822 - 436 pages
...|X5|3 = i||°=H3||s.=£5 13s. 1(M. or, without reducing, you may DTiultiply the given multiplicand by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. EXERCISES. 1. Multiply 4 by TiT. Product 44. 2. Multiply 7| by | . Product 6|| . 3. Multiply 8| by... | |
| John Epy Lovell - 1828 - 234 pages
...is a whole number, and the multiplier a fraction. M. How do you work ? P. Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction and divide the product by the denominator. M- Prepare the numbers. M. Show slates. — Multiply. P. 5 times 34 are 170 ; set down 170. M. Show... | |
| William Slocomb - 1828 - 160 pages
...of}. Ans. ^ G. Multiply 5| by -J-. Ans. |> Note. To multiply a whole number by a fraction, multiply by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. DIVISION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. v Prepare the fractions as before directed; then invert the divisor and... | |
| Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - Arithmetic - 1830 - 308 pages
...by 3, and then divide by 4, &c. Hence, to multiply a number by a fraction, MULTIPLY THE к v»iB»R BY THE NUMERATOR OF THE FRACTION, AND DIVIDE THE PRODUCT BY THE DENOMINATOR. The above example, then, is performed as Ы\<,\\ ¡, : 686X31 = 18,166, and 686Xt=293. Then, I8,166-j-20;j... | |
| Ira Wanzer - Arithmetic - 1831 - 408 pages
...&c. ,, PROBLEM I. — To multiply a whole number by a fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; and the quotient will be the required product of the whole number and fraction. When the numerator... | |
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