 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...7|-i-9=? -4ns. 104, To divide an Integer by a fraction. NOTE. When fractions have a common denominator, divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 1. Divide 4 by |.§ ANALYSIS IST. — 4= Vs. § is contained in '/, 6 times. ANALYSIS 2D. — § is... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 168 pages
...Hence, 1O9. To divide & fraction by & fraction. 1. If the given fractions have a common denominator, divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 11. When the fractions have not a common denominator, invert the divisor, and proceed as in multiplication... | |
 | David Henry Cruttenden - 1869 - 336 pages
...the result, J=li- Ans. \§ -«-t=-fe+3 x 4=165- x 4=ft|= 1 J. vl»«. In this process, we appear to " divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor." 286 FRACTIONS AND FRACTIONAL... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...Reduce the given whole number to an equivalent fraction of the same denominator as the divisor, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. When the divisor is a mixed number, it must be reduced to an equivalent improper fraction before dividing.... | |
 | Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, Richard McAllister Smith, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John Patrick McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - Education - 1879 - 584 pages
...they already have the same denominator of course this process is unnecessary, and we need then only divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, although inverting terms of the divisor would not affect the result, eg: $_ -=- 3=2. Here we simply... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 204 pages
...78. RULE. — To divide a fraction by a fraction, Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. NOTE. — When pupils are familiar with this method, they may be taught to divide by inverting the... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Electa N. L. Walton - Arithmetic - 1871 - 348 pages
...NUMBERS. — Change the dividend and divixor to fractional numbers fiaving a common denominator, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. NOTE. — Recurring to the abbreviated operations, we may derive RULE II. 1. When the divisor is an... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1871 - 220 pages
...by a Fraction.— Reduce the integer to a fraction having the same denominator as the divisor, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, Multiply the integer by the denominator of the divisor, and divide the result by the numerator.... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1873 - 348 pages
...NUMBERS. — Change the dividend and divisor to fractional numbers having a common denominator, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. NOTE. — Recurring to the abbreviated operations, we may derive RULE II. 1. When the divisor is an... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...been expressed thus : To divide one fraction by another, reduce them both to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. COROLLARIES. I. To DIVIDE A FRACTION BY A WHOLE NUMBER. — Multiply the denominator of the fraction... | |
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Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 
