 | John Dougall - 1810 - 554 pages
...by multiplication «f mixed numbers. SK DIVISION DIVISION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. Division is performed by multiplying the numerator oF the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for a numerator to the quotient, and the denominator, of the dividend by the numerator of... | |
 | John Dougall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1815 - 514 pages
...or !«'><;} feet. DIVISION OF VUIGAR FRACTIONS. Division is performed by cross multiplication : that is by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor ; for a numerator to the quotient, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of... | |
 | Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1824 - 292 pages
...numbers to reduce them. By examining the above examples, it will be found that this purpose is effected, by multiplying the numerator of the dividend, by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. . Thus in the third example;... | |
 | Warren Colburn - 1829 - 258 pages
...numbers to reduce them. By examining the above examples, it will be found that this purpose is effected, by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the 'denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Thus in the third example... | |
 | Charles Waterhouse - Arithmetic - 1842 - 180 pages
...division of fractions, is because it is supposed to be written under the dividend and then removed by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. EXAMPLE. — Divide f... | |
 | Charles WATERHOUSE - Arithmetic - 1844 - 228 pages
...divisor's being inverted, is because it is supposed to be written under the dividend, and then removed by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Questions. — How do... | |
 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1853 - 264 pages
...these multiplied together for a product. It has also been seen that a fraction is divided by a fraction by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for the numerator of the quotient, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of... | |
 | J. R. Young - 1854 - 228 pages
...quotient is -f^ x 7, or -£-| : you thus see, that the quotient of one fraction by another, is got by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor ; or, which is the same... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1863 - 432 pages
...1_ab~1 _ad Ъ ' d- cd~* be By inspecting this result, we find that the new numerator may be obtained, by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor ; and the new denominator may be obtained, by multiplying the denominator of the dividend by... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1864 - 444 pages
...- —— — Ъ d ça oc By inspecting this result, we find that the new numerator may be obtained, by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor ; and the new denominator may be obtained, by multiplying the denominator of the dividend by... | |
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It has also been seen that a fraction is divided by a fraction by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for the numerator of the quotient, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, for... 
