 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 564 pages
...divide an integer by a fraction. I. Divide 12 by the fraction f. Rule I. — Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. Rule II. — Invert the divisor and proceed as in multiplication of fractions. Divide 2. 12 by f. Ans.... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 444 pages
...10, which is f 10xf=12 Ant times 10, whicn equals 12. Hence the !l Rule I. — Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. Rule II. — Invert the divisor and proceed as in multiplication of fractions. CASE III. 182. To divide... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 250 pages
...i of 6 times 10. which is f times 10, which equals 12. Hence the Rule I. — Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. Rule II. — Invert the divisor and proceed as in multiplication of fractions. Divide 2. 5 by f 3.... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1877 - 418 pages
...have 84 sevenths. 6 sevenths are contained in 84 sevenths 14 times. y RULE.—Multiply the integer by the denominator of the fraction and divide the product by the numerator. ^ Or, Reduce the dividend and tlie divisor to similar fractions, and divide the numerator of the dividend... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 438 pages
...10, which is f ^Q^ «=12 Ans. times 10, which equals 12. Hence the Rule I. — Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. Rule II. — Invert the divisor and proceed as in multiph cation of fractions. Divide 2. 5 by |. 3.... | |
 | Shelton Palmer Sanford - Algebra - 1879 - 348 pages
...and dividing the product by the numerator. Hence, we have the following RULE.— Multiply the integer by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. 4. Divide 21 by & Ans. 25J. 5. Divide 3a by &. Ans — • 7x 2« 6T\? • T /i * i ocix Snx . Divide... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1879 - 320 pages
...numerator by that number. 84. To divide any quantity by a fraction. RULE. — Multiply the quantity by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. 3s. 6 For, 3-rf=f xa='j5=3i; als°. 3s. ва.-г-t -- j 4s. 4Jd. REASON. — It is evident that fractions... | |
 | George E. Seymour - Arithmetic - 1880 - 332 pages
...—9-^1=9; 9-f-| = 3X9, or 27; then9--| = |of 3X9, or i^-2 = 13|. Ans. 2 RULE. — a. Multiply the integer by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator; or, — 1. Divide f by 2. 2. Divide ^ by 5. 3. Divide f I by 7. 4. Divide fj by 17. 5 nivirle 1 »... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1882 - 224 pages
...times, and | is contained in (fr 10, -£ of 60 times, or 12 times. Or, RULE. — Multiply the integer by the denominator of the 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... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 290 pages
...30 by Ц. 22- 33 by 3|. ART. 75. To divide an integer by a fraction : Bule. — Multiply the integer by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. LESSON XVI. FRACTIONS DIVIDED ВY FRACTIONS. 1. How many times is \ of an orange contained in | of... | |
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To divide a whole number by a fraction, — Multiply the dividend by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. 
