 | Joseph W. Wilson - Algebra - 1873 - 268 pages
...xy * *» + * SECTION XXXVII. Multiplication of Fractions. THE process is the same as in arithmetic. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator, cancelling common factors of any numerator and any denominator. By such cancellation,... | |
 | David White Goodrich - Ready-reckoners - 1873 - 220 pages
...of fractions are much simpler, requiring no reduction to a common denominator. For Multiplication, multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. For Division, invert the divisor and proceed as in multiplication. Let us perform all... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...(Art. 108), these 3 cases may all be performed by this N GENERAL RULE FOR MULTIPLYING FRACTIONS. • Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. Multiply I by 1 5 X 3 = T'5 Ans. DEMONSTRATION. — We can attach no other idea to the... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Business mathematics - 1873 - 376 pages
...8. 12672 " " 1. 237600—product by 18|. 24. To multiply a fraction by a fraction. RULE.—Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. 1. Multiply | by f 2X4 = Ans. 2. Multiply i by T <y. 3. " if" j. 25. To divide by a fraction.... | |
 | George Nixon Comer - Accounting - 1873 - 182 pages
...and f = ^f, and subtracting 9 frim 10, we have ^. Fractions arc multiplicd together by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. Thus, to multiply^ by J, we have £xf -M=TTTby resolving the 8 into 2X4, and cancelling... | |
 | Philotus Dean - Arithmetic - 1874 - 472 pages
...either 2 times _ }, making f, or 2 times fa, making T6;, which is, in its $ X 5 5 lowest terms, f . Rule. — Multiply the numerators together for a new...numerator and the denominators together for a new denominator. NOTE. — Abbreviate by canceling, when possible. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. Multiply 2. |... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Arithmetic - 1874 - 108 pages
...4J. 3. From 81 take 3J. Ans. 5£. 4. From 18| take 3^. Ans. 15T52-. MULTIPLICATION OF FRACTIONS. • RULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new...numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. EXAMPLE. — Multiply £ by f. 8" X e 47) "2"o"' General rule for multiplying fractions... | |
 | James Cahill (of Dublin.) - Algebra - 1875 - 230 pages
...• Simphfy ^гд— .-зцд 30. Simplify ^-^-¿ï+ PROBLEM IX. 74. To multiply fractions together. Rule — Multiply the numerators together for a new...numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. NOTE 1. — Before multiplying reduce an integral or mixed quantity, If there besuch,... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter, Samuel Ashbel Farrand - Arithmetic - 1875 - 316 pages
...parts, and each part is -llj. IIIIIIT 1 I. ' ii I 2. Since * of £ is iV- i of f = ,V f of f = ^=i. 3. RULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. KOTE. — Mixed numbers may be changed to improper fractions when more convenient,... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Algebra - 1875 - 348 pages
...(prinfLC ciple 2°); this gives for the product, ^; that is, ac ac bxd " M' Hence, we have the following RULE. Multiply the numerators together, for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Multiply |, by g. The product of the numerators is 21aae, and of... | |
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Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. 
