 | John Gough - Arithmetic - 1813 - 358 pages
...of the divisor and of the dividend are equal, the quotient may be found by common Division, viz. by dividing the numerator of the dividend by the Numerator of the divisor, rejecting the common denominator entirely. As suppose £ to be dividend by £, 3 dividing 6 the quotient... | |
 | Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler - Arithmetic - 1826 - 232 pages
...the principles and propositions presented in the beginning, division may evidently be performed by dividing the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor. But as this operation would... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1832 - 282 pages
...21-0X?=V> =40, the Answer. DEM. — It is evident, that division of fractions might be performed by dividing the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, ami the denominator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor; but as it would often give fractional... | |
 | Jason M. Mahan - Arithmetic - 1839 - 312 pages
...of the divisor and of the dividend are equal, the quotient may be found by common division, viz. by dividing the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor: or this rule may be rendered more general, by reducing the fraction to a common denominator, and dividing... | |
 | Richard W. Green - Algebra - 1839 - 156 pages
...general that when the divisor and the dividend have a common denominator, the division is performed by dividing the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. m. aca a3 a3 a* Thus, 1--rT-= — ; — ; — =— =a. bb ex x a3 EXAMPLES. ,. .. 4o . 26 A 4a 2o 1.... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...i,axi=jtia= 40, the Answer. DEM. — It is evident, that division of fractions might be performed by dividing the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor ; but as it would often give... | |
 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...Hence it is plain, that one fraction can be divided by another, when they have a common denominator, by dividing the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. When the two fractions have not a common denominator, and as the common denominator is not used in... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...common denominator, their denominators cancel each other, and the division may be performed by simply dividing the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Divide f by \ . 3. Divide | by £. 4. Divide |f by ^. 5. Divide § by TV... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...common denominator, their denominators cancel each other, and the division may be performed by simply dividing the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. EXAMPLES FOE PRACTICE. 2. Divide I by f . Ans. Hf . 3. Divide f by £. Ans. 34. 4. Divide |f by -|£.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1848 - 250 pages
...me . . , . a , TO . , , . a. . n na multiplying - by — inverted, that is -X — = — • y J ° c J n cm me An examination of each of these examples,...the numerator of the dividend, by the numerator of Hie divisor. But, as the common denominator of the fraction is not used in performing the division,... | |
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... by dividing the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor. 
