 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
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1852 - 604 pages
...be the root required. But if it be a compound root, or one that consists both of 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,... | |
 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 476 pages
...-of a mile =- of Smiles. J, II * 3 & In every case, then, we have only to multiply the given concrete number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. EXAMPLES. 4 1. Find the value of — of a pound ; that is, how many shillings and 4 pence are in —... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1853 - 380 pages
...times as much, and 9 times 7 eighths are 63 eighths = -6ff3- = $ 7J- Ans. 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 3. Multiply 15 by T6T. Ans. 8ft-.... | |
 | Hugo Reid - 1853 - 144 pages
...unit, 3 units and 3-sevcnths of 1 unit. To MULTIPLY BY A FRACTION. Rule. Multiply the multiplicand by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. Example 1. Multiply 179 by f. 179 3 4)537 134^ Answer. or 179xf=134i Example 2. Multiply i1. 10s. by... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...without a remainder, and multiply the quotient by the numerator. Or, RULE II. — Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Multiply 36 by £. Ans. 28. 3. Multiply 144 by -Jf Ans. 88. 4. Multiply 375... | |
 | Barnard Smith - Arithmetic - 1854 - 368 pages
...fractional part of a number of one denomination in terms of the same or lower denominations. RULE. Multiply the given number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product (if possible) by the denominator ; if there be a remainder, multiply the numerator of the fraction... | |
 | William Scott - Arithmetic - 1854 - 232 pages
...the fraction by the whole number. To multiply a whole number by a fraction : — Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction and divide the product by its denominator. To multiply a mixed number by a whole number, a fraction, or another mixed number... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1857 - 328 pages
...to divide the multiplier. Hence, to multiply a whole number by a fraction, RULE. Multiply the ivhole 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.—... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1857 - 342 pages
...to divide the multiplier. Hence, to mult/ply a whole number by a fraction, HULE . 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. —... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...ths denominator of the fraction : multiply the quotient by the numerator. Or, 2o. Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. REM. — 1. The 2j rule is best, when the denominator of the fraction is not a factor of the whole... | |
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