 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1841 - 324 σελίδες
...quantity does not affect its value. Therefore, when the denominator of dividend and divisor are altM, divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the quotient will be the answer. Operation. 12 2. If a bushel of corn cost f of a dollar, how much... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1842 - 320 σελίδες
...="5", as before. A. f. 50. Hence, to abbreviate the process of dividing one fraction by another — Divide the numerator of the dividend^ by the numerator of the divisor, and the denominator by the denominator, if it can be done without a remainder, otherwise the quotient... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1843 - 470 σελίδες
...whence results ™v. NB If the given fractions be homogeneous, the shorter and more elegant way is to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor as often as it measures it. Thus, | being divided by -j, the quotient will be 2, for whatever things... | |
 | George Berkeley, George Newenham Wright - 1843 - 468 σελίδες
...whence results -%\. NB If the given fractions be homogeneous, the shorter and more elegant way is to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor as often as it measures it. Thus, £ being divided by i, the quotient will be 2, for whatever things... | |
 | George Hutton (arithmetic master, King's coll. sch.) - 1844 - 276 σελίδες
...the numerator of the dividend has more than the numerator of the divisor. 5. Hence we have only to divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor exactly as if they were whole numbers, and mark off in the quotient just as many decimal places as... | |
 | Warren Colburn - 1845 - 264 σελίδες
...examples we deduce the following rule, for dividing one fraction by another:If the. fractions arc (if the same denomination, divide the numerator of the...fractions are of different denominations, they must be reduced to a common denominator. If either or both of the numbers are miicfl numbers, they must... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 402 σελίδες
...Hence, 1 39. To divide a fraction by a fraction. 1. If the given fractions have a common denominator ; Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. II. When the fractions have not a cbmmon denominator ; Invert the divisor, and proceed as in multiplication... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 362 σελίδες
...Hence, 1 39. To divide a fraction by a fraction. I. If the given fractions have a common denominator ; Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. II. When the fractions have not a common denominator; Invert the divisor, and proceed as in muUiplication... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1846 - 354 σελίδες
...Hence, 1 39. To divide a fraction by a fraction. 1. If the given Tractions have a common denominator ; Divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. II. When the fractions have not a common denominator ; Invert the divisor, and proceed as in multiplication... | |
 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 σελίδες
...dividing one fraction by another are the reverse of those in multiplying one fraction by another, we may divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor for the numerator of the quotient, and the denominator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor... | |
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Reduce the fractions to a common denominator and divide the numerator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 
