 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 258 pages
...since 2= *'J, 2r3 r= \ -r + T5r=f \. A compound fraction may be reduced to a simple one, by multiplying all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. Thus, | of |= JJ. For | of ^ = ^, because, if we suppose a unit divided into... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1845 - 310 pages
...numbers to improper fractions, and place a unit under whole numbers to put them in a fractional form. Then, multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators fur a new denominator, and reduce to its lowest terms. But, skillful operators reduce by canceling,... | |
 | William Watson (of Beverley.) - 1845 - 188 pages
...100|i to an improper fraction. Ans. 3-f£'. To reduce a compound fraction to a single one. RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator ; then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms. EXAMPLE. J . Reduce f of... | |
 | James H. Porter - Arithmetic - 1845 - 254 pages
...rules in common arithmetic. First, We are required to reduce compound fractions to simple ones. Rule, Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator ; then reduce all of these to their lowest terms. Reduce £ of f of... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1846 - 258 pages
...Invert the denominations between the given denomination, and the one to which you would reduce it ; then multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator,' and all the denominators together for a new denominator. Questions. — 1. How do you reduce fractions of a higher denomination... | |
 | mrs. Henry Ayres - 1846 - 400 pages
...unit? MULTIPLICATION. Rule. — Prepare all those fractions that require it by the rules for Reduction, then multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. The work may be considerably shortened by striking out numbers alike in the... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1846 - 276 pages
...to their lowest terms. 2. Then state the question as in whole numbers ; invert the first term, and multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator, and divide the upper term by the lower for the answer. Or you can reduce the... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 266 pages
...one of these parts into other equal parts. TO REDUCE 4 COMPOUND FRACTION TO A SIMPLE FRACTION, — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms. 1. Reduce f of ^ to a simple... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1846 - 380 pages
..... • , .••-• \ .\ -. -\ CASE VII. (89.) To multiply fractional quantities together. 'RULE. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator. ft f Let it be required to multiply -7- by-p First, let us multiply... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...numerators together and the two denominators. Hence, 123. To reduce compound fractions to simple ones. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator. 46. Reduce $ of £ of f to a simple fraction. Ans. ^4,or52T. 47. Reduce... | |
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Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator: then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms. 
