 | David Price - Arithmetic - 1858 - 264 pages
...product of two or more fractions. L When all the given fractions are simple, or simple and compound. RULE. — Multiply all the numerators for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. II. To multiply a whole number by a fraction. RULE. — Make the whole number into an improper fraction,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 456 pages
...since 1 of I = /j , i of I will be 3 times & = \\ . RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. NOTE 1. — All whole and mixed numbers in the compound fraction must b« reduced to improper fractions,... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1858 - 458 pages
...since J of 1 = 32 > i of I will be 3 times 575 = |J . RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. NOTE 1. — All whole and mixed numbers in the compound fraction must be reduced to improper fractions,... | |
 | Francis Walkinghame - 1859 - 200 pages
...terms. Ans. 27|. 29. Reduce e$}9 toits proper terms. Ans. У/. 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, reducing whole or mixed numbers to improper fractions, according to rule. Reduce the new fraction to... | |
 | John Robertson (LL.D., of Upton Park sch.) - 1861 - 140 pages
...expressed in their lowest terms. Rule 5. To reduce a compound fraction to a simple one. Multiply together all the numerators for a new numerator and all the denominators for a new denominator. Obs. Compound fractions may often be reduced by striking out factors common to one of the numerators... | |
 | John Box (of London.) - 1861 - 138 pages
...OF FRACTIONS. 104. Since, in Multiplication of Fractions, all the numerators are multiplied together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator, the numerator of the resulting fraction contains all the given numerators, and the denominator of the... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1861 - 338 pages
...alike, we may cancel 3 the principles of cancellation. RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. NOTE 1. — All whole and mixed numbers in the compound fraction must be reduced to improper fractions,... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1865 - 222 pages
...a simple fraction. A ns. -fJs — 2 . 441. To reduce a compound fraction to a singla one. EULE. — Multiply all the numerators for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. Reduce the new fraction to its lowest term, by Eule 1. EXAMPLES. (5) Eeduce f of $ of -g- to a single... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1865 - 184 pages
...Case VI. — To reduce a compound to a simple fraction. RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator, previously cancelling all the factors that are common to a numerator and a denominator of any of the... | |
 | Thomas Kimber - Mathematics - 1865 - 302 pages
...The rule, therefore, for the multiplication of fractions is : Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. 78. Before investigating the rule for division by a fraction, we will first point out an extension... | |
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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. 
