 | James B. Dodd - Arithmetic - 1859 - 368 pages
...the denominator to halves, and dividing, we have RULE XVII. (79.) For the Division of Fractions. 1. Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the denominator by the denominator ; or multiply the dividend by tkt reciprocal of the divisor.... | |
 | Silas Lawrence Loomis - Arithmetic - 1859 - 324 pages
...SECTION V. DIVISION OF DECIMAL FRACTIONS. PROB. XXXVIII. — To DIVIDE DECIMAL FRACTIONS. RULE. — Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by denominator of the divisor. When the denominator of the divisor... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1888 - 480 pages
...33 45 11 Rule 1. — Reduce the dividend and divisor to fractions having a common denominator, then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Rule 2. — Multiply the integer by the denominator of the divisor and divide by the numerator, Rule... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...^-JI^ITT11 Rule 1. — Reduce the dividend and divisor to fractions having a common denominator, then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Rule 2. — Multiply the integer by the denominator of the divisor and divide by the numerator. Rule... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...the denominator. Or, Reduce the dividend and divisor, if necessary, to equivalent fractions having a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. This rule is general, and applies in the preceding two cases, since a whole number may be Written in... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1870 - 204 pages
...7. g by f. 10. f by 2>. Art. 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 
