 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1846 - 206 pages
...as many times as 91 will contain 3 = 30£ Ans. Hence the following RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. 10. Divide 18 by £. Ans. 20f . 11. Divide 27 by ft. Ans. 29T5T. 12. Divide 23 by £. Ans. 92. 13.... | |
 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...deduce the following rules for dividing a whole number by a fraction. RULE I. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the. product by the numerator. RULE II. Divide the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - Arithmetic - 1849 - 260 pages
...•come to ? Ans. $$ PROBLEM VI. To divide a Whole Number by a Fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of- the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. EXAMPLES. 1. How many times is & of a dollar contained in $9 T 1 dollar is £, and 9 dollars is 9 times... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...contain 3 fourths as many tunes as 68 will contain 3 = 22f Ans. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. 2. Divide 18 by ft. Ans. 28f. 3. Divide 28 by £f. Ans. 41 T V4. Divide 27 by ft. Ans. 459. 6. Divide... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...will contain 7 as many times as 91 -will contain 3, equal to 30J. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Divide 18 by £. Ans. 20f 3. Divide 27 by \£. Ans. 29^. 4. Divide 23 "by... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - 1851 - 214 pages
...larger than the dividend, unless the divisor be an improper fraction . RULE. Multiply the whale number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator of the same. 1. Divide 21 by •{•. Here it is obvious that 21 is to be reduced to eighths, and these... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 pages
...the denominator of the fraction, add in the numerator, and note the sum ; then multiply the dividend by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the sum noted, and we shall have the true quotient. If the dividend contain a fraction, and not the divisor,... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...of cloth can you buy for 6 dollars ? * Ans. 8 yards. Rule for Case II. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. 7. 6-'- | = Am. 14. 8. 13-'- | = Am. 21|. 9. 2lH-T7T = Ans. 33. TT 4. 4-4- § = Ans. 10. 5. 16 H- |... | |
 | David Price - Arithmetic - 1858 - 264 pages
...multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. 2. — To divide a whole number by a fraction : multiply it by the denominator, and divide the product by the numerator of the fraction. (See Example 51.) O" Mixed numbers must be... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1859 - 334 pages
...contain ^ as many times as 91 will contain 3, equal to 30J. RULE. — Multiply the whole number ty the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Divide 18 by £. Ans. 20$. 3. Divide 27 by |^. Ans. 29^. 4. Divide 23 by... | |
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To divide a whole number by a fraction, — Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. 
