 | Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - Algebra - 1845 - 308 pages
...involving q. Hence, we find -X-= — , or this ba bd RULE. To multiply one fraction by another, multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. 120. The last operation to be performed on fractions is division, which we will now examine. Beginning,... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 710 pages
...divisor. CASE IV. Y1?* To reduce a compound fraction to its equivalent simple one — RULE. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. EXAMPLE. 1. Reduce j of $ to an equivalent simple fraction. 3X5 4X7=" ^ Here we multiply the numerators... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 300 pages
...divisor. CASE IV. "77* To reduce a compound fraction to its equivalent simple one — RULE. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. EXAMPLE. 1. Reduce | of ^ to an equivalent simple fraction. 3X5 Here we multiply the numerators 3 and... | |
 | Admiralty - 1845 - 152 pages
...xy=— , or x. У У . To multiply two fractions together. 45. Ri.!c.- -Multiply the numei-ators to^ for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. Thus — x -T = -ryb by — =m, then (Art. 44) x=.my a -r=n, then (Art. 44) a=nb By multiplying the... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1846 - 258 pages
...improper fractions; then invert the divisor, (that is, put the numerator for the denominator) and multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator; and the fraction thus found is the quotient required. Question. — 1. What is the general rule for... | |
 | Harvey Goodwin - Mathematics - 1846 - 500 pages
...expressed by the formula ac ad — be b~ d = bd ' 36. To multiply two fractions together, multiply the numerators together for a new numerator and the denominators together for a new denominator. OO , , ... , .,, ac ac -Let - , - be the two tractions, then will - x - — — . odbd bd This is a... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Algebra - 1846 - 374 pages
...theorem we infer the following general rule for the multiplication of fractions. RULE. 1. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a. new denominator. 2. Reduce the resulting fraction to its lowest terms. EXAMPLES. 1. MulUply _ by _. A.. _ x__= i TIT... | |
 | Euclides - 1846 - 272 pages
...Find the difference between -. and — 6 — co + c Ans ." MULTIPLICATION OF FRACTIONS. RULE. Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator; but if the numerator of one, and denominator of the other, can be divided by a quantity common to both,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...owned, he must have sold .2 of f of the ship. Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. (Art. 123.) Solution. — Ixl =-fsi or £• Ans. Hence, 135. To multiply a... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...it is evident he sold $ of f- of the ship. Now f of | is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. (Art. 123.) Operation. fx]|=T65, or f. Ans. Hence, 1 35. To multiply a fraction... | |
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Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator. 
