 | C. Frusher Howard - Ready-reckoners - 1884 - 144 pages
...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
...To divide 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... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - Arithmetic - 1886 - 688 pages
...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
...$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 of... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Rickoff - 1888 - 464 pages
...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
...the fractional dividend and the fractional divisor to the same name, or to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, or (mechanically') invert the divisor and then multiply the numerators fora new numerator, and the... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1890 - 178 pages
...each by f . To divide a fraction by a fraction : — RULE. — Reduce the fractions to like fractions, and then divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. NOTE. — The method involving the inversion of the terms of the divisor need not be taught to young... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1892 - 440 pages
...frequently convenient to reduce the numbers to equivalent fractions having the same denominator, and then to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Thus, 3} = 13 fourths, and 27 = 108 fourths. Then 108 + 13 = 8T4j, the quotient. 94. 35 by 4f. 95.... | |
 | John Williston Cook, Nebraska C. Cropsey - Arithmetic - 1893 - 316 pages
...A- И ч- A = If (times). To divide a fraction by a fraction : Reduce to a common denominator, and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Divide : $ by j. } by f. l by f 2t by'f. § by §. $ by §. 6^ by 4. 7 by |. I by g. Л by £. 3fr... | |
 | William James Milne - Arithmetic - 1893 - 252 pages
...method of dividing a fraction by a fraction is to reduce the fractions to similar fractions, and then to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. Divide : 3. JbyTV 9. 8£byi. 15. 2Q\ by 4f. 4. i|by|. 10. 3^ by lf 16. 19* by 3f 5. fbyf 11. 9J¥by2|.... | |
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Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 
