 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1871 - 220 pages
...by a Fraction.— Reduce the integer to a fraction having the same denominator as the divisor, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, Multiply the integer by the denominator of the divisor, and divide the result by the numerator.... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1873 - 348 pages
...NUMBERS. — Change the dividend and divisor to fractional numbers having a common denominator, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. NOTE. — Recurring to the abbreviated operations, we may derive RULE II. 1. When the divisor is an... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...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 be written in... | |
 | New York Board of Education, New York (N.Y.). Board of Education - History - 1873 - 166 pages
...— 1st. See that the fractions are in their lowest terms ; 2d. Reduce to a common denominator; 3d. Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Practical Examples : ) If a yard cost $J, how much can be bought for $8 ? 1st Group. f" " " $i " "... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...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 the fraction... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 348 pages
...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 also the denominators.... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 538 pages
...following general RULE. — Reduce the dividend and divisor to fractions having a common denominator, then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, I. Reduce the integers and mixed numbers, if any, to improper fractions. II. Multiply the dividend... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - 1874 - 320 pages
...RULE. — Reduce the given fractions to equivalent fractions having a common denominator, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, Multiply the dividend by the terms of the divisor inverted. 1. Integers and mixed numbers should... | |
 | William Franklin Phelps - Teachers' institutes - 1874 - 416 pages
...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 them until the... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1875 - 350 pages
...RULE. — Reduce the given fractions to equivalent fractions having a common denominator, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, Multiply the dividend by the terms of the divisor inverted. 1. Integers and mixed numbers should... | |
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If the given fractions have a common denominator, divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. II. When the fractions have not a common denominator, invert the divisor, and proceed as in multiplication of fractions. 
