 | James Bates Thomson - 1847 - 426 σελίδες
...of a bushel must cost f of f of a dollar. Now f of i 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. 198.) Solution. — £Xf-=i-§-, or -fa dollars, Ans. Hence, 219. To multiply a fraction by a... | |
 | William Vogdes - 1847 - 324 σελίδες
...RULE. Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixed numbers to improper fractions, then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator, which will form the product required. The operation may be sometimes abridged by cancelling. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - 1847 - 218 σελίδες
...fully the nature of the two steps, he may show them that the work becomes merely the multiplying of the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator, and that, without stopping to consider the reason of this, every time they execute the work, all they... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1848 - 434 σελίδες
...a bushel must cost f of $ of a dollar. Now -^ of 1 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. 198.) Solution. — lX^—i^, or -fo dollars, Ans. Hence, 219. To multiply a fraction by a fraction.... | |
 | John William Colenso (bp. of Natal.) - 1848 - 238 σελίδες
...3 1 1-* -- -- 4(1 -г)1 8 (1-х) 8(1+ а:) 4(1 82. То multiply one fraction by another, multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. /7 f* Suppose that we have to multiply ^ by - : let г=ж» э=У; :>а = Ъх, c = dy, and ac=bdzy¡... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1848 - 334 σελίδες
...a subtract . _ .. , (x + a) (x + 6)' To muhi}ify fractional quantities together. Bule. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator; and the former of these, being placed over the latter, will give the product of the fraction-, as required.*... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1848 - 244 σελίδες
...multiplicand is a fraction, Change whole or mixed numbers (if any) to improper fractions, and multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. To MULTIPLY A FRACTION BY A WHOLE HUMBER. It rotor, or dividing the denominator. When one factor is... | |
 | P. Fletcher - 1848 - 138 σελίδες
...write its value at once and in the shortest term i. To multiply one fraction by another, you multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator ; their products give the fraction required. Multiply | by |. £ * | = ££, or when reduced to its... | |
 | Frederic Augustus Adams - 1848 - 322 σελίδες
...of a fraction, as £ of ^, is called a Coinpound Fraction. This is reduced to a simple fraction by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a ^ew denominator. It is, in fact, the same as the multiplication of two fractions together. 10. What... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1848 - 330 σελίδες
...be multiplied together. Thus, the numerators of the compound fraction f of -^, are to be multiplied together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. But since the terms of a ratio may be written fractionally, we may call the expression a compound ratio.... | |
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Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator. 
