 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1856 - 450 pages
...compound fraction 1 How do you reduce a compound fraction to a simple fraction 1 RULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. NOTE. — 1. If there are mixed numbers, reduce them to their equivalent improper... | |
 | William Harding Girdlestone - 1867 - 368 pages
...and ft X 4 = ft ; therefore, fxt = ft. Hence the rule for the Multiplication of Fractions, " Multiply the " numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together "for a new denominator.„ §57. Since the value of a fraction is not altered by dividing both its numerator... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Arithmetic - 1867 - 226 pages
...12672 " " 1. 237600— product by 18|. 16. To multiply a fraction by a fraction. •RULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. 1. Multiply | 2X4 = 8 5X7=35 by f Ans. 2. Multiply | by 76T. 3. " il " |. 4. JL 17... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1867 - 354 pages
...is 3 x 5_ 15 » umes -fg, or £f : therefore, J of 4=M : hence, J x 7==28. RULE. — Multiply ttie numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denuminator. NOTE. — If there are mixed numbers, reduce them to their equrv•tout improper fractions.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...fraction. j4n*. £S. *3. Reduce | of | to a simple fraction. Ant. | j. Rule for Case IV. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. If mixed numbers occur, reduce them to improper fraction*. 4. Reduce ^ of | of 2|... | |
 | John Groesbeck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 350 pages
...8. 12672 « " 1. 237600—product by 18f. 24. To multiply a fraction by a fraction. RULE.—Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. 1. Multiply | by 2X4 = 8 5X7 = 35 Ans. 2. Multiply i by T <y. 3. " 4. 7 77 25. To... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1868 - 154 pages
...FRACTIONS. RULE. — Prepare the given fractions, if they require it, by reduction ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. Bring the answer to a mixed fraction, or to its lowest terms, as may be found requisite.... | |
 | Howard Candler - 1868 - 132 pages
...compound fraction to a simple one. DEF. A compound fraction is the fraction of a fraction. Rule. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. Thus, - of - = — . 3 S IS For - of - is the same as - -f 3, and is therefore W 0... | |
 | Richard Wormell - Arithmetic - 1868 - 170 pages
...(9) 281504X1^, (18) 547 7 9 X » 149. Case II. — To multiply fractions together. BULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. EXAMPLE. — Multiply j by ,8T . O y Q Three-fifths of 8=^4- therefore three-fifths... | |
 | Richard Wormell - 1868 - 226 pages
...7 111X23»r (18) 547 7 9 X *?* 149. Case II.— To multiply fractions together. RULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. EXAMPLE. — Multiply J by -A . O y Q Three-fifths of 8=1^5 therefore three-fifths... | |
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Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. 
