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It is required to multiply 2/6 by ⅜.
The Product of the two Denominators 6 and 8, multiplied together is 48, and the Product of the two Numerators 2 and 3 is 6, therefore the new Fraction 6/48, which by abbreviation is ⅛, is the Product of the two Fractions 2/6 and ⅜ multiplied one by another as was required.
If the given Fractions to be multiplied be mixt numbers, by the first of the 11th,
you must first put either the whole number into his broken by reducing them into im∣proper Fractions, and then multiply Nu∣merator by Numerator, and Denominator by Denominator, their Products will give you a new Numerator and Denominator for a new Fraction, which new Fraction shall be the Product required, but this Fra∣ction will be an improper Fraction, there∣fore if you divide the Numerator by the Denominator, the Quotient gives the whole numbers, and the remainer is the Numerator, and the Divisor the Denomi∣nator of the proper Fraction, and this mixt number found shall be the true Product as before.