| John Gough - Arithmetic - 1813 - 358 pages
...lining the numerators of their equivalent vulgar fractions, and bringing them to one common denominator, divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor -as Unite decimals. Explanation and Reason. .04)2.16595' The mixt number 2.16595' having the 0 21659... | |
| Beriah Stevens - Arithmetic - 1822 - 436 pages
...thus : j)8(s '"1=5X2=, 10. 7. If the divisor and dividend have the same denominator, you haveonlv to divide the numerator of the dividend by the Numerator of the divisor ; thus : f)f(=l ; for f )f(f » f=f. 8. If a dividend of two or more denominations be given to be divided... | |
| Thomas Keith - Arithmetic - 1822 - 354 pages
...ones. Then invert the divisor, and proceed exactly as in multiplication. Xote 1. When it can be done, divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the denominator by the denominator for the quotient. 4. To divide a fraction by an integer, divide... | |
| B. M. Tyler - Arithmetic - 1827 - 308 pages
...without their denominators. }£=|, and ||=TV. After the fractions are reduced, all we have to do, is to divide the numerator of the dividend | | by the numerator of the divisor £|, which gives a quotient of 2. To get 10 fiftieths, we multiply 1 the numerator of the divisor by... | |
| Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1831 - 262 pages
...rule, for dividing one fraction by another : If the fractions are of the same denomination, divide tJie numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the...must first be reduced to a common denominator. If eitha or both of the numbers are mixed numbers, they must first he. reduced to improper fractions.... | |
| Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1834 - 268 pages
...therefore, be reduced to a common denominator. V = 3& and *|i = »#«. 2305 (304 2128 7i^J yards. 177 From the above examples we deduce the following rule,...they must first be reduced to a common denominator. //' eithfi or both of tin: numbers are mixed numbers, thr.y must first be reduced to improper fractions.... | |
| Ebenezer Bailey - Algebra - 1835 - 258 pages
...13. Divide x + a by 4. 14. Divide ^ by ^. ANs. 3. As these fractions have the same denominator, we divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. It is clear that •& contains T3,j 3 times. 15. Divide -7- by -7FRACTIONS. 89 We first reduce the... | |
| Daniel Harrison - Arithmetic - 1837 - 188 pages
...and the products of their terms taken for the quotient. But the best method, when practicable, is to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor ; and this quotient multiplied by the denominator of the divisor will be the same, for 66-i-3X4=88.... | |
| Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1841 - 264 pages
...must, therefore, be reduced to a common denominator. V = %« and «|i = 2f§52305 (304 2128 — 7Hi yards. From the above examples we deduce the following...of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. If tlie fractions arc of different denominations, they must first be reduced to a common denominator.... | |
| Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...-gg-_._-y=-r-, as before. A. f. 50. Hence, to abbreviate the process of dividing one fraction by another — Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the denominator by the denominator, if it can be dont without a remainder, otherwise the quotient... | |
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