 | Daniel Harrison - Arithmetic - 1837 - 188 pages
...and the products of their terms taken for the quotient. But the best method, when practicable, is to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor ; and this quotient multiplied by the denominator of the divisor will be the same, for 66-i-3X4=88.... | |
 | Jason M. Mahan - Arithmetic - 1839 - 312 pages
...divisor and of the dividend are equal, the quotient may be found by common division, viz. by dividing the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor: or this rule may be rendered more general, by reducing the fraction to a common denominator, and dividing... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...-gg-_._-y=-r-, as before. A. f. 50. Hence, to abbreviate the process of dividing one fraction by another — Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the denominator by the denominator, if it can be dont without a remainder, otherwise the quotient... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...quantity does not affect its value. Therefore, when the denominator of dividend and divisor are altM, divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the quotient will be the answer. Operation. 12 2. If a bushel of corn cost f of a dollar, how much... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...="5", as before. A. f. 50. Hence, to abbreviate the process of dividing one fraction by another — Divide the numerator of the dividend^ by the numerator of the divisor, and the denominator by the denominator, if it can be done without a remainder, otherwise the quotient... | |
 | George Berkeley, George Newenham Wright - Philosophy, Modern - 1843 - 468 pages
...whence results -%\. NB If the given fractions be homogeneous, the shorter and more elegant way is to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor as often as it measures it. Thus, £ being divided by i, the quotient will be 2, for whatever things... | |
 | George Berkeley - Philosophy, Modern - 1843 - 470 pages
...whence results ™v. NB If the given fractions be homogeneous, the shorter and more elegant way is to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor as often as it measures it. Thus, | being divided by -j, the quotient will be 2, for whatever things... | |
 | George Hutton (arithmetic master, King's coll. sch.) - 1844 - 276 pages
...the numerator of the dividend has more than the numerator of the divisor. 5. Hence we have only to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor exactly as if they were whole numbers, and mark off in the quotient just as many decimal places as... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...Hence, 1 39. To divide a fraction by a fraction. 1. If the given Tractions have a common denominator ; Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. II. When the fractions have not a common denominator ; Invert the divisor, and proceed as in multiplication... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 402 pages
...Hence, 1 39. To divide a fraction by a fraction. 1. If the given fractions have a common denominator ; Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. II. When the fractions have not a cbmmon denominator ; Invert the divisor, and proceed as in multiplication... | |
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Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 
