 | Arithmetic - 1845 - 196 pages
...VULGAR FRACTIONS. RULE. Prepare the given terms, if necessary, and state (hem as in whole numbers ; multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first Or, Invert the dividing term, and multiply the three terms together, as in Multiplication. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | John Budge - 1845 - 248 pages
...SHROUD-LAID* ROPE. RULE — State the question as in direct proportion, square the first and third terms, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. EXAMPLE. How many standard yarns, or threads, are there in a 14-inch capstan rope ? in. yarns. in.... | |
 | rev. Frederick Calder - 1848 - 190 pages
...and if the third term consist of several denominations, reduce it to the lowest name mentioned. Then multiply the second and third terms together, and...the product by the first: the quotient will be the answer or fourth term, expressed in the same denomination as that in which the third term was left.... | |
 | Isaiah Steen - 1848 - 316 pages
...that place. Then, the first two terms being reduced to the same simple denomination, when necessary, multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term; the quotient is the answer, or fourth proportional required; and it is always of the same denomination... | |
 | William B. Young - Ready-reckoners - 1848 - 320 pages
...second Terms to the same Jenomination, and to the lowest denomination mentioned in either of them@ ihen multiply the second and third Terms together, and divide the product by the first Term, the result will be the fourth Term or answer, in the same de nomination to which the third Term... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - Arithmetic - 1849 - 260 pages
...the least of the two remaining numbers fqr the second term, and the greater for the first term ; then multiply' the second and third terms together, and divide the -product by the first term, and the quotient will be the answer in the same name "of the third term EXAMPLES. 1. If 6 yards... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...of the two remaining numbers for the second term, and the greater for the first ; and in either case multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first for the answer, which will always be of the same denomination as the third term. NOTE. — If the first... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 276 pages
...for the second term, and the other for the first. Divide the product of the second and third terms by the first; the quotient will be the fourth term or answer. The first and second terms must be of the same denomination ; the fourth will be of the same denomination... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...expresses the demand, for the first, and the remaining term of the condition for the second term. II. Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first. III. If the first or second terms consist of different denominations, reduce both to the lowest mentioned.... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1850 - 364 pages
...written the three terms of the proportion, or, as usually expressed, having stated the question, then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term. NOTE. — Since there is a ratio between the firsthand second terms, they must be reduced to... | |
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Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer. 
