 | Admiral Paschel Stone - 1853 - 110 pages
...i» J 10 10 j examining the steps of the above process, it will be seen that we have multiplied the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the...the dividend by the numerator of the divisor ; or, in other words, -we have inverted the divisor, and multiplied its terms into those of the dividend.... | |
 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1853 - 264 pages
...the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for the numerator of the quotient, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, for the denominator of the quotient ; and that this multiplication becomes direct as in multiplying... | |
 | J. R. Young - 1854 - 228 pages
...7, or -£-| : you thus see, that the quotient of one fraction by another, is got by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the...the dividend by the numerator of the divisor ; or, which is the same thing, the quotient is got by turning the divisor upside down, and then proceeding... | |
 | Bourdon (M., Louis Pierre Marie) - Arithmetic - 1858 - 262 pages
...a fraction by a fraction, we must multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of tlie divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor ; then make the second product the denominator of the first. Or, in simple terms, multiply the dividend... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1863 - 432 pages
...cd~* be By inspecting this result, we find that the new numerator may be obtained, by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor ; and the new denominator may be obtained, by multiplying the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1864 - 444 pages
...ça oc By inspecting this result, we find that the new numerator may be obtained, by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor ; and the new denominator may be obtained, by multiplying the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of... | |
 | Steam-engines - 1865 - 580 pages
...— Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for the new numerator, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor for the new denominator. Thus f divided by f =•}£, and f divided by •£•=} or f, or 1J, and... | |
 | Paul Allen Towne - Arithmetic - 1867 - 240 pages
...5 times }; hence, ^ are contained in |, 4 of ^'-, that is, |¿, or 1 /„ times. BULE. Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the...denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. The former product is the numerator, and the latter the denominator of the answer. KEMAEK 1. — In... | |
 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1867 - 232 pages
...the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for the numerator of the quotient, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, for the denominator of the quotient; and that this multiplication becomes direct as in multiplying... | |
 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1872 - 256 pages
...the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, for the numerator of the quotient, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, for the denominator of the quotient ; and that this multiplication becomes direct as in multiplying... | |
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Hence, to divide a fraction by a fraction, multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 
