 | Francis Bolles Palmer - Education - 1887 - 380 pages
...forms: i. Multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for a new numerator, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor for a new denominator. 2. Invert the divisor and multiply. 3. Multiply the reciprocal of the divisor... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 402 pages
...the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. The result is most readily obtained by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the...denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and then dividing; or, by inverting the divisor, and multiplying. 4. How many pounds of coffee at $£... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 242 pages
...; i9^ contains -iV as often as 9 contains 8, or f = 1J times. The 9 was obtained by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor ; and the eight, by multiplying the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 3. How many... | |
 | Oscar F. Williams - Arithmetic - 1894 - 364 pages
...denominator of the divisor, and that 20 (the denominator of the quotient), is. obtained by multiplying the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, or by effecting a cross multiplication as shown by the connecting or tracing lines in the operation. 219.... | |
 | Education - 1898 - 682 pages
...Multiplying /j by 7, we have |S, as before; Here we see that we have the numerator of the dividend multiplied by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend multiplied by the numerator of the divisor. This is according to the rule, Invert the divisor, etc.... | |
 | William Estabrook Chancellor - Arithmetic - 1901 - 152 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. To divide a fraction by a fraction invert the divisor and multiply.... | |
 | William Estabrook Chancellor - Arithmetic - 1902 - 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. To divide a fraction by a fraction invert the divisor and multiply.... | |
 | Education - 1891 - 348 pages
...is the divisor inverted? Ans. — When we divide a fraction by a fraction we commonly multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the...denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. The inversion of the divisor before multiplying is, then, simply a matter of convenience, as any clear... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1866 - 210 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. Hence, the Bule. — Invert the divisor, multiply the numerators... | |
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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. 
