 | Zalmon Richards - Arithmetic - 1886 - 80 pages
...a fraction by a fraction. Reduce both fractions to equivalent fractions of the same name, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, by a short and common process, invert the terms of the divisor and then proceed as in multiplying... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - Arithmetic - 1886 - 688 pages
...Art. 72, § 3), we reduce both fractions to 20ths, 20 being the least common multiple of 4 and 5, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. But, since the common denominator does not affect the quotient (i8/iS), the work, printed in italics,... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - 1888 - 464 pages
...Art. 72, g 3), we reduce both fractions to 20ths, 20 being the least common multiple of 4 and &, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 3/ X5_15/ / A vv ' c — _ ,\r 3/ X4_12 / 3^/ ^y iOI i But, since the common denominator does not affect... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 402 pages
...$f per yard, how much cloth can be bought for $f ? Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. The result is most readily obtained by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1890 - 178 pages
...To divide a fraction by a fraction : — RULE. — Reduce the fractions to like fractions, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. NOTE. — The method involving the inversion of the terms of the divisor need not be taught to young... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1892 - 440 pages
...frequently convenient to reduce the numbers to equivalent fractions having the same denominator, and then to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Thus, 3} = 13 fourths, and 27 = 108 fourths. Then 108 + 13 = 8T4j, the quotient. 94. 35 by 4f. 95.... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1893 - 252 pages
...method of dividing a fraction by a fraction is to reduce the fractions to similar fractions, and then to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Divide : 3. JbyTV 9. 8£byi. 15. 2Q\ by 4f. 4. i|by|. 10. 3^ by lf 16. 19* by 3f 5. fbyf 11. 9J¥by2|.... | |
 | William Milford Giffin - Arithmetic - 1893 - 336 pages
...then, we learn that in division of fractions we change the dividend and divisor to the same name and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Solve the following : (1) f divided by i; (2) i divided by i; (:{) ;; divided by i ; (4) I divided... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1893 - 316 pages
...A- И ч- A = If (times). To divide a fraction by a fraction : Reduce to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Divide : $ by j. } by f. l by f 2t by'f. § by §. $ by §. 6^ by 4. 7 by |. I by g. Л by £. 3fr... | |
 | Eugene L. Dubbs - Arithmetic - 1893 - 244 pages
...fraction by a fraction. The first method is to reduce both fractions to a common denominator, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. The other method is to invert the fractional divisor, and multiply the dividend by it. The student... | |
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Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 
