 | Silas Totten - Algebra - 1836 - 360 pages
...0 _ , 3 — 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... | |
 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 252 pages
...exchange 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... | |
 | 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 - =... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1838 - 346 pages
...FRACTIONS. RULE. Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Multiply 4£ by |. 9X1 4£= =T^ the answer. 2x8 2. Multiply f by £ Ans. ^. 3. Multiply... | |
 | Jason M. Mahan - Arithmetic - 1839 - 312 pages
...writing 1 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... | |
 | Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 216 pages
...RULE. . REDUCE the compound fractions to simple ones, and mixed numbers to improper fractions, then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. EXAMl'LES. 1. Multiply f by i 2X1=2 I 3X4=12 0 2. Multiply 4£ by J 4£ 2 9X1= 9 - - — Ant. 2X8=16... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 356 pages
...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. $?> =... | |
 | 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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Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator. 
