DIVISION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. 75-; 



EXAMPLES. 



I. Required the continued product of 2^, -g-j i o^ i and 2. 

 2\-h i of ^ = i^=TV, and 2zz\ i 



2. Multiply -V by ^V ^"^- ~V 



3. Multiply 4t by h ^^^' '^' 



4. Multiply 4- of 7 by f Ans. i^. 



5. Multiply I of I by f of 3^. Ans. f ^. 

 6^ Multiply 4|, -I of -^ and iS-f-, continually together. 



Ans. 9-^-^, 



DrrisiON of Vulgar Fractions. . 



RULE.* 



Prepare the fractions as in multi-plication ; then invert 

 jhe divisor, and proceed exactly as in multiplication. 



EXAMPLES. 



I. Divide 4 of 19 by ~ oi \-. 



I^IQ 3 ^ ^X>^ 



2 



•/yXf^--^ — ?r='yi=74 the quotient required. 



2. Divide 



* The reason of the rule may be shewn thus : Suppose It wer.e 

 required to divide | by ~. Now ^-^2 is manifestly \ of |, or 



— i— ; butjzrf of 2, .*. y of 2, or f must be contained 5 times 

 4X2 ' . ^ > 



as often in 4- as 2 Is ; that is ;^ — ^ = the answer ; which is ac- 



4x2 



cording to the rule ; and will be so in all cases. 



Note. — A fraction is multiplied by an integer, by dividing the 

 denominator by it, or multiplying the numerator. And divid'jd 

 by an Integer, by dividing the numerator, or multiplying the de- 

 nominator. 



