 | J.R. Sypher - 1872
...divided by a fraction by multiplying the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor. Of course, in all cases in which the numerator and denominator of the dividend are divisible, without... | |
 | 1875
...4-6 are contained as many times in 3-6 as 4 is contained times in 3. But this operation multiplies the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor and vice versa. This operation reduces the fractions to a common denominator, suppresses or cancels the... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1879 - 192 σελίδες
...1 \, CONCLUSION. — Therefore, the quotient of J -s- $ is f = 1 \. These quotients may be obtained by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor for the numerator of the quotient, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1880
...the numerator of the divisor. For, reducing the two fractions to a common denominator, we multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and the numerator of the divisor by the denominator of the dividend ; and then dividing the former product... | |
 | C. Frusher Howard - 1884 - 126 σελίδες
...56+f|X&=99,131,892#A. DIVISION OF FRACTIONS. Rule : Reduce whole and mixed numbers to improper fractions, then multiply the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor and divide the product by the other two terms ; or, Reduce to a common denominator and divide the numerator... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - 1888 - 226 σελίδες
...iVs, giving & and ft ; i9^ contains -iV as often as 9 contains 8, or f = 1J times. The 9 was obtained by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor ; and the eight, by multiplying the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 3. How many... | |
 | 1894
...may be obtained by multiplying the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor, and the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and then reducing the result to Us lowest terms, or, by "inverting the divisor, etc. " This is true in... | |
 | Oscar F. Williams - 1894 - 307 σελίδες
...multiply ^j by 7, obtaining f J as an answer. Observe that 21 (the numerator of the quotient), is obtained by multiplying the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and that 20 (the denominator of the quotient), is. obtained by multiplying the denominator of the dividend... | |
 | 1900
...is the dividend on the left-hand, and that for divisor on the right-hand ; then multiply cross-wise the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and subscribe the product for a new numerator. Likewise multiply the denominator of the dividend by the... | |
 | 1900
...the dividend on the left-hand, and that for divisor on the right-hand ; then multiply •cross-wise the numerator of the dividend by the denominator of the divisor, and subscribe the product for a new numerator. Likewise multiply the denominator of the dividend by the... | |
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By examining the above examples, it will be found that this purpose is effected, by multiplying the numerator of the dividend, by the denominator of the divisor, and the denominator of the dividend by the numerator of the divisor. 
