 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
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1863 - 346 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. Examples. 1. Multiply 24 by |. 2. Multiply 42 by }£. 3. Multiply 105 by f 4. Multiply 64 by -£f.... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1863 - 600 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,... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - 1866 - 252 pages
...natural number answering to the result will be the root required. If the root be expressed by a fraction, 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 so expressed. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Paul Allen Towne - Arithmetic - 1867 - 240 pages
...denominator of the fraction without a remainder, it is often more convenient first to multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. Thus: 3 times 16 are 48, and б in 48, 9| times. 6. Find the value of 12x|; 15xf; 25xT75; 39x37e; 42... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1869 - 348 pages
...14 cwt. 3 qr. 15 Ib. 18. Find|of20bu. 3pk. 7qt. Ipt. AIM. llbu. 2pk. 5qt. Jpt. Multiply the compound number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by its denominator. 19. Find -ft of 3ft 18gr. Am. lib 2§ 63 23 2}?gr. 20. Find \\ of 7guin. 10s. 6d.... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1871 - 220 pages
...ft, or find If of .75. 213. Rules for Multiplying an Integer by a Fraction.— Multiply the integer by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. Or, Divide the integer by the denominator of the fraction, and multiply the quotient by the numerator. PROBLEMS. 214.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...can be done without a remainder, 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. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Multiply 36 by J. Ans. 28. 3. Multiply 144 by |£. Ans. 88. 4. Multiply 375... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1856 - 400 pages
...write the numerator, (Art. 115). II. To MULTIPLY A AVuoLE NUMBER BY A FRACTION. — Multiply the whole number by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. REMARKS. — 1. After indicating the operations, if the numerator and denominator contain common factors,... | |
 | H T. Sortwell - 1873 - 176 pages
...21^ off To find the value of a fraction of a given quantity — Step I. Multiply the given quantity by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator. Example. Find the value of £ of £1. £1 We here multiply the given quantity, „ namely, £1, by... | |
 | Richard Rickard - 1873 - 364 pages
...36d. = 3s. Or thus-f of 5s. 3d. = (5s-3d-)X4 = 21S- = 3S. no. K uk.— Multiply the given quantity by the numerator of the fraction, and divide the product by the denominator ; reduce the remainder (if any) to the next lower denomination, and divide as before. If the given... | |
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