 | William Tate - 1837 - 358 pages
...numbers being expressed as improper fractions, and complex fractions being reduced to simple fractions, multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator. Observe, that if the same number occurs as both a numerator and a denominator,... | |
 | T. Pigott - Mental arithmetic - 1838 - 68 pages
...Multiply 20 by Í ; 24 by i ; 12 by$; 1Sbyf; 15byf; 26 To multiply a fraction by a fraction — ROLE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator ; as JX f — таг ('9) = £. Ans. Multiply | by i ; | by i ; Л by i; | by ¿ ; т'„ by f ; Л... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1838 - 346 pages
...if, ff , f±. VI. To reduce a compound fraction to a single one. RULE. Multiply all the numerators for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator, then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms by Case I. • EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce f of f of ^l. to... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1839 - 348 pages
...number by the denominator and add the numerator to the product, under which place the given denominator. To reduce a compound to a simple fraction. Rule. Multiply all the numerators together for the numerator, and all the denominators for the denominator. To reduce fractions of different denominators... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...reduce a compound fraction to a simple, or single fraction. RULE. Multiply all the numerators t ogctker for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lotffst terms. When any numerator is equal to any denominator,... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - 1840 - 302 pages
...How many dollars in ^y^ of a dollar ? CASE IV. To reduce a compound fraction to a simple, or single fraction. RULE. Multiply all the numerators together...numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms. When any numerator is equal to any denominator, the... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1845 - 310 pages
...to improper fractions, and place a unit under whole numbers to put them in a fractional form. Then, multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators fur a new denominator, and reduce to its lowest terms. But, skillful operators reduce by canceling,... | |
 | mrs. Henry Ayres - 1846 - 400 pages
...MULTIPLICATION. Rule. — Prepare all those fractions that require it by the rules for Reduction, then multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. The work may be considerably shortened by striking out numbers alike in the numerators and denominators,... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1846 - 276 pages
...to their lowest terms. 2. Then state the question as in whole numbers ; invert the first term, and multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator, and divide the upper term by the lower for the answer. Or you can reduce the given fractions to decimals,... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 266 pages
...one of these parts into other equal parts. TO REDUCE 4 COMPOUND FRACTION TO A SIMPLE FRACTION, — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms. 1. Reduce f of ^ to a simple fraction. 2. £ of a... | |
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RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms. 
