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Page 122 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 121 - To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, — RULE : Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number.
Page 35 - DIVISION we find how many times one number is contained in another. The number to be divided, is called the DIVIDEND ; the number by which to divide is called the DIVISOR; the number of times the dividend contains the divisor is called the QUOTIENT.
Page 170 - Windows are sometimes measured by taking the dimensions of one pane, and multiplying its superficies by the number of panes.' But, more generally, they measure the length and breadth of the window over all the panes and their frames for the length and breadth of the glazing. Circular or oval windows, as...
Page 118 - The value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator.
Page 162 - ... subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder annex the next period for the next dividend.
Page 125 - Consider how many of the less denomination make one of the greater; then multiply the numerator by that number, if the reduction be to a less name, or the denominator, if to a greater.
Page 119 - Common Measure of two or more numbers, is a number which will divide each of them without a remainder.
Page 122 - RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator ; then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.