 | Charles Austin Hobbs - Algebra - 1905 - 158 pages
...X - = - « mnp mnp and so on for any number of fractions. To find the product of several fractions, multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. NOTE. Before performing the multiplication every integral expression should be written as a fraction... | |
 | Education - 1922 - 948 pages
...K of # = 4/9 tf of K = 1/12. In this way the child will discover that the numerators are multiplied together for a new numerator and the denominators for a new denominator. All reductions of 'answers to simpler forms, as X of - , = 2/12 = 1 /6 and all short cuts as X of %... | |
 | Samuel Hamilton - Arithmetic - 1907 - 286 pages
...23_2x8_E6 3 5 3x5 15' 3 5 3x5 15' 5 5 5x5 25Observe that in each case the result is obtained by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator and the denominators for a new denominator. $ of £ means that we are to divide £ into 3 equal parts and take two of these parts. The operation... | |
 | Charles E. Sayward - Business mathematics - 1908 - 188 pages
...12 -J. 1/9. 17 — 9f£. б. 15 — &• t^O. 18 — 17ff. 20. To multiply a fraction by a fraction. RULE. — Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator and the denominators together for a new denominator. Reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms. REMARK. — This rule... | |
 | Joseph Victor Collins - Algebra - 1908 - 442 pages
...for integral and rational ones. 3. Proof that in multiplying fractions the numerators are multiplied together for a new numerator and the denominators for a new denominator. Let - and - be the given factors and p their product. 6 p Then, ?x-=p. (Hypothesis.) bd Now, - xbx~... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Stanley Harry Holmes - Arithmetic - 1909 - 316 pages
...of a fraction is called a compound fraction. To change a compound fraction to a simple fraction, we multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator, canceling if possible. Change to simple fractions: 1. foff of* 5. £offrof2| 9. &xf x18f 2. f of f... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Stanley Harry Holmes - Arithmetic - 1909 - 316 pages
...of a fraction is called a compound fraction. To change a compound fraction to a simple fraction, we multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator, canceling if possible. Change to simple fractions: 1. f of | of | 5. 1 of \ of 2| 9. t\ xfx 18| 2.... | |
 | Joseph Victor Collins - Algebra - 1910 - 332 pages
...any denominator depend ? Notice that the principle applies only after the numerators are multiplied together for a new numerator and the denominators for a new denominator. But it is more convenient to cancel before multiplying. 24' '^ll* .°o+.26..-- 25. M*2-?/2), * .. a2... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Nichols - Algebra - 1911 - 268 pages
...i. We get the same result by multiplying the numerators and the denominators together. _ = = Learn: Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator and the denominators for a new denominator, and reduce the resulting fraction to its lowest terms. 4. iXi. In examples like this the sign X is read... | |
 | James Charles Byrnes, Julia Richman, John Storm Roberts - Arithmetic - 1911 - 280 pages
...numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. RULE. To multiply a fraction by a fraction, multiply the numerators together for a new numerator and the denominators for a new denominator. Instead of actually multiplying, it is better to indicate the operation and cancel if possible. Multiply... | |
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Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator. 
