 | Shelton Palmer Sanford - Algebra - 1879 - 348 pages
...Fraction by a Fraction. Ex. 1. Multiply | by f. From the Analysis we deduce the following RULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator,...and the denominators together for a new denominator. NOTE. — Mixed quantities should be reduced to fractional forma before multiplying. EXAMPLES. o •»*•... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1879 - 134 pages
...From 8£ take 3J. Ans. 5J.. 4. From 18f take 3^. Ans. 15T6j. MULTIPLICATION OF FRACTIONS. RULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator,...and the denominators together for a new denominator. EXAMPLE. — Multiply £ by f . JL V 2 — 14 — 1 8 A 5 — jo — ^TT. General rule for multiplying... | |
 | Alexander Wilson (M.A.) - 1879 - 228 pages
...(b-а)(а-с) + (с-а)(b-с)' lll MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF FRACTIONS. 88. — To multiply fractions, multiply the numerators together for a new numerator,...and the denominators together for a new denominator. ae ас Thus : rx - = — • bd bd This may be proved as follows : — • ae Let т = m, and -3 =... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1880 - 866 pages
...->*„ X 4 = Л •'• iX* = fV. Hence the rule for the multiplication of fractions. EULE XXXVIII. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator...and the denominators together for a new denominator. NOTB.—It will be seen that the rule for the multiplication of fractions is the same as that laid... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1880 - 146 pages
...take 3|. Ans. 5£. 4. From 18f take 3J. Ans. 15 T S 7 ., MULTIPLICATION OK FRACTIONS. RULE.—Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. EXAMPLE.—Multiply £ by f. £ * s — T0 — sirGeneral rule for multiplying fractions and all mixed... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1881 - 200 pages
...284. How much is ^T of ^ ? 285. Multiply ^5 by f. 114. To multiply a fraction by a fraction : Rule. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator...and the denominators together for a new denominator. Multiply — 286. £ by \. 290. \ Of | by f 287. | by |. 291. T95 X | by f . 288. \\ by f, 292. u by... | |
 | George Ricks - 1881 - 288 pages
...AD=^ of AB ... i „f » of ?-l or 1 2 3 44 24 From these examples we deduce the rule for multiplying a fraction by a fraction : — Multiply the numerators...together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. Ex. 4. Find the value of 3f x Ц x 3f. When there are mixed quantities we must... | |
 | Daniel R. Shafer - Business - 1881 - 728 pages
...denominator. Example. — Substract \ from |. T^ — A=T72. — Answer. To Multiply Fractions. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator,...and the denominators together for a new denominator. Example. — Multiply | by J. |X2=TS2- — Answer. Multiply T«T by 8. T\X?=ff, or ajf — Answer.... | |
 | Education - 1883 - 654 pages
...20' (a) Rule. 'Invert the divisor and proceed as in Multiplication (that is, invert the divisor, and multiply the numerators together for a new numerator,...the denominators together for a new denominator).' Kor if — and e- be the proposed fractions, and we suppose £= x and — = y, then a — bx, and с... | |
 | William Hawley Smith - American fiction - 1884 - 256 pages
..."Since you cannot reduce these fractions to a common denominator, I adopt the method of multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator = -|£-! This, reduced to the greatest common divisor, or, add numerators and denominators = -§-1"... | |
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To multiply a fraction by a fraction. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. 
