 | Silas Totten - Algebra - 1836 - 360 pages
...— 3 . . 8. Reduce to a mixed quantity. 3 ins. 2 MULTIPLICATION OF FRACTIONS. RULE. (24.) Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator, and reduce the. resulting fraction to its lowest terms. EXAMPLES. 1. Multiply -^ by 7-2. 3x x 5 15.?... | |
 | Silas Totten - Algebra - 1836 - 320 pages
...quantity. -;— Ans. 2а + л- — -i—;. Ь.г-2 MULTIPLICATION OF FRACTIONS. RULE. (24.) Multiply t lie numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator, and reduce the, resulting fraction toits lowest terms. EXAMPLES. 1. Multiply^ by ¿. 15х 15 . 2. Multiply4^... | |
 | Richard Mosley - Arithmetic - 1836 - 164 pages
...11, and the denominator by 22. (2.) MULTlPL1CAT1ON 42. To multiply fractions together. RULE.@Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denomina tor. Thus, (1・) Multlp 1 ytoge 山 er 菩 ， 品 ， 杣 d 共 2 9 11 198 る x 哀 x 正... | |
 | William Whewell - 1837 - 226 pages
...same, the quotient must be c times as great. 34. The product of two fractions is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. a , c , , ac ac Let - and -:be the two fractions : then - x - = — . babd bd For if - = x, and - =... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 252 pages
...the places of the numerator and the denominator. When the divisor is thus inverted we can multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator and the process is the same. Divide % by f. Inverting the divisor f the two fractions would stand together... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1838 - 346 pages
...be ££, fg, §f 2. Reduce £, •f, .g, and |., to a common denominator. Ans. if, if, ff , f±. VI. To reduce a compound fraction to a single one. RULE. Multiply all the numerators for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator, then reduce the new fraction to... | |
 | Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 216 pages
...-rVV, 3. Reduce £, f , T^, and -.-, to the least common denominator. ' " Ans. if, fj, if, H Case 6. To reduce a compound fraction to a single one. RULE....all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. Note. Such figures as arc alike in the numerators and denominators... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 356 pages
...propriety of the following RULE. Reduce the mixed numbers, if there be any, to improper fractions ; then multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator; the fraction should then be reduced to its lowest terms. 6. What is | of | of J of }J ? Ans. $?> =... | |
 | Jason M. Mahan - Arithmetic - 1839 - 312 pages
...for the denominator. Compound fractions, in the operation, may retain their original form. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator — which reduce to their proper terms for the answer required . Where several fractions are to be... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 326 pages
...the OPERATION PERFORMED ON ITS DENOMINATOR. 6. A fraction is multiplied by a fraction, by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. For example, let it be required to multiply £ by ^. Agreeably to the principles already explained,... | |
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Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. 
