 | Michael Walsh - 1831 - 348 pages
...FRACTIONS. RULE. Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Multiply 4J by £. »X1 4J= - =1%. the answer. 2X8 2. Multiply g- by f . Ans. TV 3. Multiply... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1831 - 210 pages
...GENERAL RULE. Reduce compound fractions to single ones, and mixed numbers to improper fractions; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. EXAMPLES. Result A. Result AResult 2»i. E: 1. Multiply £ by f 2. Multiply T'j by |. 3. Multiply f... | |
 | Thomas Conkling (W.) - Arithmetic - 1831 - 302 pages
...improper - fraction, I reduced it to its 53 proper terms. 72 EXAMPLES. 2. Multiply f by f. Ans. if. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator; and the denominators for a new denominator. 3. Multiply f off, by f of ^, Ans, ^ or ^ Reduce the multiplicand and multiplier, both to single tractions,... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1832 - 224 pages
..."D ULE. Prepare the given numbers (if they require it) by •*•*• the rules of Reduction ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. EXAMPLES1. Multiply | by t Fa. 3X3=9 num. 4X5=20 den. SV *. Mulliply I by | Fucit J}. 3. Multiply 48... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...sold. Hence, To multiply a fraction by a fraction, or to change a compound fraction to a single one. RULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE (56). 2. A man owning £ of a farm, sold £... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1833 - 288 pages
...shall merely subjoin these rules, with some examples under each. MULTIPLICATION OF ALGEBRAIC FRACTIONS. Rule. — Multiply the numerators together for a new...numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. EXAMPLES. , .-,.. 5c, a262 . b2 1. Multiply— by ^. Ans.2. Multiply - by Ans. .. FJ cd— d2 * a-\-b-... | |
 | Richard Frederick Clarke (the elder.) - 1833 - 158 pages
...— 2 Li 4 12 12 3 Answer, RULE. Prepare the fractions, when necessary, as in the former rules. Then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. Note. Cancel the numerators and denominators, if possible, as in reducing a compound fraction to a... | |
 | Catharine Esther Beecher - Arithmetic - 1833 - 296 pages
...is more easily done, if we invert the divisor £ , thus |. When the divisor is thus inverted we can multiply the numerators together for a new numerator and the denominators for a new denominator and the process is the same. Thus let us divide f- by £. Inverting the divisor f the two fractions... | |
 | Stephen Pike - Arithmetic - 1835 - 210 pages
...Reduce compound fractions to single ones, and m^ed numbers to improper fractions; then multiply me numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Multiply | by f. Result^. 2. Multiply T»J by f. Result J,. 3. Multiply \ by y. Result... | |
 | Silas Totten - Algebra - 1836 - 360 pages
...0 _ , 3 — 3 . . 8. Reduce to a mixed quantity. 3 ins. 2 MULTIPLICATION OF FRACTIONS. RULE. (24.) Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator, and reduce the. resulting fraction to its lowest terms. EXAMPLES. 1. Multiply -^ by 7-2. 3x x 5 15.?... | |
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Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. 
