 | William Leybourn - Algebra - 1694 - 422 pages
...Fractions (if need be) being firft reduc'd to a Common Denominator in the loweft Terms, call away fuch Common Denominator, and divide the Numerator of the Dividend by the Numerator of the Divifor. Divide ic for by Divide A*-\-2*bj And ib of all others, whether FraftiP f* Ал-\-гаЬ... | |
 | John Gough - Arithmetic - 1813 - 358 pages
...this rule may be made very extensive or universal, thus : reduce the divisor and a dividend to one common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. As if | were to be divided by -£; ^ is equal to £, and I dividing 4, the quotient is... | |
 | Daniel Leach, Robert Swan - Arithmetic - 1853 - 168 pages
...? 15. Divide 14 by 6f 16. Divide 18 by Ц. We divide a fraction by a fraction when We bring both to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Thus, to divide f by <£-, we say § = £*; and 4 = ¿f ; and 14 -f- 12 = Ц. 17. What... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...multiply the quotient by the denominator. Or, Reduce the dividend and divisor, if necessary, to equivalent fractions having a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. This rule is general, and applies in the preceding two cases, since a whole number may... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1873 - 260 pages
...A. | = A. AfA=S = U. Art. 78. RULE. — To divide a fraction by a fraction, Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. NOTE. — When pupils are familiar with this method, they may be taught to divide by inverting... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1871 - 220 pages
...^ ? 232. Rules for Division of a Fraction by a Fraction.— Reduce the fractions, if necessary, to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and divide the result by... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 348 pages
...value of the quotient. 102. RULES. — To divide a fraction by a fraction, 1. Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, 2. Invert the term* of the divisor, and then multiply the numerators together and... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...the denominator. Or, Reduce the dividend and divisor, if necessary, to equivalent fractions haviny a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. This rule is general, and applies in the preceding two cases, since a whole number may... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...Hence, the rule might have been expressed thus : To divide one fraction by another, reduce them both to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. COROLLARIES. I. To DIVIDE A FRACTION BY A WHOLE NUMBER. — Multiply the denominator of... | |
 | William Franklin Phelps - Teachers' institutes - 1874 - 416 pages
...divisor. 5. Fraction by a fraction. Based on the same principle as the preceding. Hence, reduce them to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. VIII. Problems. — These should be simple but practical, mental and written. Continue... | |
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Reduce the dividend and divisor, if necessary, to equivalent fractions having a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 
