 | Arithmetic - 1818 - 264 pages
...equivalent simple one. RULE. 1. Reduce all whole and mixed numbers to their equivalent ractions. 2. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for the denominatgr, and they %rill form the fraction required. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce \ of £... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1819 - 236 pages
...without a remaindei ? ' Ans. 2520. V. To reduce a compound fraction to a single one. 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 term by Case I. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce J of | of TVto a single... | |
 | Sir John Leslie - Arithmetic - 1820 - 274 pages
...and preferable method. Hence, successive fractions are multiplied by multiplying all the numerators for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new. denominator. ™, . . . . -35 2 . 30 I mis, the continued product ot — , — , and — , is , T? U t 1 Do fi 5... | |
 | James Maginness - Arithmetic - 1821 - 378 pages
...reducing a compound fraction to a single one. 2. To do this, multiply together all the numerators, for a new numerator, and all the denominators, for a new denominator; reduce this new fraction to its lowest terms, and the thing is done. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce ^ of 4 of... | |
 | Jacob Willetts - Arithmetic - 1822 - 200 pages
...to its proper terms. Ans. 3$. CASE 7. To reduce a compound fraction to a single one. RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. Not' — Like figures in the numerators anil denominators may be cancelled;, and frequently, others... | |
 | George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1823 - 704 pages
...of several, as pounds, shillings, and pence, &c. — Multiplication of vulgar fractions is performed by multiplying all the numerators together for a new...numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator, as | x £ = A- — Multiplication of decimals is performed in the same manner as that of integers,... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1823 - 262 pages
...fractions, mixed fractions to simple ones, and those ot different integers in the same ; then multiply, all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator. »EXAMPLES. 1. Multiply $ by •*. • Jlnswers. 1|=J 2. Multiply A... | |
 | Etienne Bézout - Mathematics - 1824 - 238 pages
...of } of |, &c. are fractions of fractions. These compound fractions are reduced to single fractions, by multiplying all the numerators together for a new...all the denominators for a new denominator. Thus, the fraction f. of J is reduced to ,^, or j. - The fraction f of f ot | is reduced to ff or ^ If the... | |
 | Zachariah Jess - Arithmetic - 1824 - 224 pages
...3|-i8* to its proper terms. CASE 5. To reduce a compound fraftion to a single one ; RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. ! • Note. Like figures in the numerators and denominators may be cancelled, and frequently others... | |
 | John Penrose (teacher of arithmetic.) - Arithmetic - 1824 - 320 pages
...9 10. 31 .... 13 CASE 5th. — To reduce a compound fraction, to an equivalent simple one. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator, and the pro due ts will form the fraction required, If a part of the... | |
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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. 
