 | James L. Connolly (mathematician.) - Arithmetic - 1835 - 264 pages
...question for inverse proportion; then invert the third term, which is your divisor, and multiply the three numerators together For a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator, anil that will be the answer. 1. How much cloth, that is f of a yard wide, will line 5§ yards, that... | |
 | John Rose - Arithmetic - 1835 - 192 pages
...given, re luce it to an improper fraction, by putting a unit for it; denominator ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. NOTE. — Where several fractions are to be multiplied, if the numerator of one fraction be equal to... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1836 - 384 pages
...one-half inch, which is one-eighth. The product -J is obtained by this simple process : multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator ; the new fraction will be the product. That this is true in general may be shown by taking other fractions,... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 488 pages
...to negative, or the contrary, and then proceed аз in addition. To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. A fraction is multiplied into a quantity equal to its denominator, by canceling the denominator. Reducing... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1836 - 308 pages
...derive the following RULE. Q. How do you proceed to multiply one fraction by another ? A. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator ; and the denominators together for a Hew denominator. JVofe. — If the fraction be a mixed number, reduce it to an improper fraction ;... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1838 - 218 pages
...1 5 6 7 2 9 2 1 5 2 7 2 3 CASE 5. To reduce a compound fraction to a simple one. RULE. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator; and the denominators together for a new denominator. EXAMPLES. 1 Reduce I of f of ~ to a single fraction. Res. T\. 3X5X9 135 9 4x6x10 240 16 2 Reduce |... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...Compound fractions to simple ones, and whole and mixed numbers to improper fractions. Then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator EXAMPLES. 1. What is the product of 5i multiplied by £ of f ? thus, 5l=V6. and ^ of f = ft, then1/... | |
 | Richard W. Green - Algebra - 1839 - 156 pages
...FRACTIONS. §203. It was shown, §96, that a fraction is multiplied by a fraction, by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. Thus, 7- X -r= T-,. pa od EXAMPLES. ., ... 3d, 4ft . 12a6 1. Multiply— by—- Ans. — — . r J... | |
 | Thomas Grainger Hall - 1840 - 266 pages
...b a — ba + b~ a3— 63 a3— b2' 38. To find the product of two or more fractions, " Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator:" to prove this. et с If -т and -j be two fractions, 6 a let -r = л; and -. = v. о dy Then a = bx... | |
 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...compound fractions together, connected by the preposition op (see Def. 9.) GENERAL RULE, Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. Reduce the fractions, and then add them together agreeably to Case VIII, or IX. 1. Example.— Add... | |
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Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. 
