 Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator.  Easy Introduction to Mathematics - Page 307by Charles Butler - 1814Full view - About this book
 | Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1846 - 276 pages
...To multiply a whole number by a fraction, or a fraction by a whole number. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; if the numerator be 1, divide by the denominator only ; if there is a whole number multiply by it,... | |
 | James W. Kavanagh - 1846 - 304 pages
...12. 10 In exercises 9, 10, 11, and 12 where fractional exponents occur, multiply the log of the power by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator for the log of the required root. In exercise 12 the answer is obtained from an extended- table, in... | |
 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...derive the following rules for multiplying a whole number by a fraction. RULE I. Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. RULE II. Divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - Arithmetic - 1849 - 260 pages
...done without a remainder,) and multiply the quotient by the numerator ; Of, II. Multiply the whole number by the numerator of. the fraction and divide the product by the denominator. EXAMPLES. 1 . What is the product of 48 multiplied by | ? 1st method. 2d method. ,- * 4)48 48 12 is... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...thus obtain ij of it, which is 9. SEcOND OPERATION. in tne second operation we multiply the j? whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denomina45-i-5 = 9 ^ tori an(l obtain 9 for the answer, as before. Therefore, Multiplying by a fraction... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...to divide the multiplier. Hence, to multiply a whole number by a fraction, RULE. Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; or divide the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator. OBS. —... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...are 63 eighths = ^ = $ 7$- Ans. day, in 9 days he will earn 9 times as RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator, and the quotient is the answer required. 2. Multiply 12 by f Ans. 8f. 4. Multiply | by 11. Ans. 4f.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...thus obtain f of it, which is 9. BECOND OPERATES. \R tl,e second operation we multiply the j? whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denomina4 5 -j- 5 = 9 tor, and obtain 9 for the answer, as before. Therefore, Multiplying by a fraction... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1851 - 288 pages
...be the root required. But if it be a compound root, or one that consists of both a root and a power, multiply the logarithm of. the given number by the numerator of the index, and divide the. product by the denominator, for the logarithm of the root sought. Observing,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 pages
...the denominator of the fraction and multiply the quotient by the numerator; Or: Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction and divide the product by the denominator. KXAHPLES. 1. Multiply 24 by ?. 2. Multiply 42 by || 3. Multiply 105 by 4. Multiply 64 by 5. What is... | |
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