 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1882 - 224 pages
...fraction and divide the product by the numerator. Or, Reduce the dividend and divisor to similar fractions and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 1. When possible use cancellation. 2. Reduce mixed numbers to improper fractions. Divide : Divide :... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1882 - 450 pages
...to improper fractions, and multiply the dividend by the divisor inverted. Or, Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend' by that of the divisor. NOTE. — The object of inverting the divisor is convenience in multiplying. After... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 282 pages
...76. To divide a fraction by a fraction: "Rale.— Reduce the fractions to equivalent fractions with a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or : Invert the terms of the divisor, and then multiply the numerators together, and also the denominators,... | |
 | John Williston Cook - Arithmetic - 1883 - 200 pages
...follows: To divide an integer by a fraction, reduce the integer to the same denomination as the fraction, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. (2) 5-=-f = ? How many twos of sevenths are there in ± ? This may also be read, "Separate f into twos... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1884 - 144 pages
...dividend by the denominator of the divisor and divide the product by the other two terms ; or, Reduce to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. si— -y Divide 8} by 11. "Li or 8| = ^. 1| = f, -\A = 6f. Ans. DECIMALS. The system of Decimal fractions... | |
 | Zalmon Richards - Arithmetic - 1886 - 80 pages
...a fraction by a fraction. Reduce both fractions to equivalent fractions of the same name, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Or, by a short and common process, invert the terms of the divisor and then proceed as in multiplying fractions.... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - Arithmetic - 1886 - 688 pages
...(see Art. 72, § 3), we reduce both fractions to 20ths, 20 being the least common multiple of 4 and 5, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. But, since the common denominator does not affect the quotient (i8/iS), the work, printed in italics,... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 402 pages
...numerator of the fraction. 3. At $f per yard, how much cloth can be bought for $f ? Reduce the fractions to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. The result is most readily obtained by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - 1888 - 464 pages
...(see Art. 72, g 3), we reduce both fractions to 20ths, 20 being the least common multiple of 4 and &, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 3/ X5_15/ / A vv ' c — _ ,\r 3/ X4_12 / 3^/ ^y iOI i But, since the common denominator does not affect... | |
 | Education - 1888 - 784 pages
...follows: To divide an integer by a fraction, change the integer to the denomination of the fraction, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. II. parts, what will be the size of each ? " The operation, consequently, is partition. In this problem... | |
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Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 
