| Isaac Dalby - Mathematics - 1807 - 968 pages
...the dividend a a large mht number, multiply the latter (without reducing it to an improper fraction) by the denominator of the divisor, and divide the product by the numerator. £t. 1 1. Divide 6421078 ft by J > 6I2I078T\ 6 5 ) JS.v.'ii-tiiii-f'T • product by the denominator... | |
| Isaac Dalby - Mathematics - 1807 - 476 pages
...the dividend a a large mixt number, multiply the latter (without reducing it to an improper fraction) by the denominator of the divisor, and divide the product by the numeratpr. Ex. 1 1. Divide 6421078 -^ by £ ? 642 1 07 8-A 5 ) 3S;>2(i469-^T product by the denominator... | |
| George G. Carey - Arithmetic - 1818 - 602 pages
...numerator of the «liris»r. 2. When the dividend is a whole number, and the divisor a proper fraction, multiply the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and divide the product by the numerator. 3. When the divisor is a whole number, and the dividend a fraction, multiply the denominator by the... | |
| Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1824 - 292 pages
...numerator of the divisor. From this article and the preceding, we derive the following general ruleako divide by a fraction, whether the dividend be a whole...divisor, and divide the product by the numerator. Jf the divisor is a mixed number, it must be changed to an improper fraction Decimal Fractions. \ .... | |
| Warren Colburn - 1829 - 258 pages
...barrel, 8 times |£ f will be the price of a barrel. 8 times |£f = '•$?£ = 658^ dollars. Ans. 6j^. dollars per barrel. The three last examples are of...by putting them in different places, and that any numbrr, however large, may be expressed by them. We shall now gee how they may be made to express numbers... | |
| William Scott - Algebra - 1844 - 568 pages
...the numerator of the dividend by the divisor. 2d. To divide an integer by a fractional expression : multiply the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and divide the product by its numerator. 3d. To divide one fractional expression by another : multiply the dividend by the reciprocal... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1845 - 310 pages
...42. Divide 6 by 2. Ans. As I is contained in 6 42 times, 2 will be contained 21 times. That is, We multiply the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and divide the product by the numerator. When the dividend is a fraction, the result may be obtained by the following RULE. To divide by a fraction,... | |
| James Morrison (accountant.) - 1845 - 324 pages
...multiplication. (2.) Q. How do you divide a whole number from a fraction? A. I multiply the whole number by the denominator of the divisor, and divide the product by the numerator. (3.) Q. How do you divide a fraction by a whole number? A. I multiply the denominator by the divisor,... | |
| William Scott - Arithmetic - 1854 - 232 pages
...multiply the denominator of the dividend by the divisor. II. To divide a whole number by a fraction : — Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the divisor and divide the product by the numerator of the divisor. III. To divide a mixed number by a whole number : — Divide the integral part of the... | |
| J L. Ellenberger - 1854 - 338 pages
...and, therefore, Jrf = H = Hi. Therefore, to divide a fraction by another, multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and divide the product, by the product of the numerator of the divisor by the denominator of the dividend. 160. 6th, to divide a mixed... | |
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