| Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...it, with a line between. 218. To change a whole or mixed number to an equivalent improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator to the product, and write the I sum o*er the denominator for the required fraction. QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE... | |
| Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...it, with a line between. 218. To change a whole or mixed number to an equivalent improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator _ to the product, and write the i sum over the denominator for the required fraction. QUESTIONS FOR... | |
| William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1836 - 384 pages
...wholes added to g part of a whole, and may be thus written, ~ and £, equal to " and whose sum is 2T2 ; divide the 22 by the 3, the result Is 7£, the first...that they may be more readily operated upon. Thus, 7\ is not so simple nor so easily managed, as /.,, and the one fraction is just equal in value to the... | |
| George Willson - Arithmetic - 1836 - 202 pages
...13 feet, how many -fa of a foot? Ans. 1-^/. III. To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator, and the sum will form the numerator of the fraction required. 1. What fraction is equivalent to 5y? 5x7=35+4=39.... | |
| George Willson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 194 pages
...5. In 13 feet, how many ^ of a foot? Ans. ^6III. To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator, and the sum will form the numerator of the fraction required. 1 . What fraction is equivalent to 5$ ? 5X7=35+4=39.... | |
| William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1842 - 320 pages
...number. This very simple principle is often used, and is embraced in the following rule—multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction,...numerator, and under the sum place the denominator. 12. When the fractions are very large, it becomes necessary to bring them to a simple form, not only... | |
| Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - 1842 - 160 pages
...mixed numbers : 6. »{5» 9. 'Js 12. Case II — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE — Multiply the whole number by the denominator...of the fraction ; add the numerator, and under the product place the enominator. EXAMPLE.— Reduce the mixed num- 46$ l,er 46| to an improper fraction.... | |
| James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...fractional parts of the same kind with those expressed by the denominator, we have the following rule. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction; add the numerator to the product, and writ* the sum over the denominator. 1. Change 3$, 4f, 5J, 6£, , and 8&, to improper... | |
| William B. Young - Ready-reckoners - 1848 - 320 pages
...number. Ans. J. RULK.@To reduce a whole or mixed Number, as 5?, 8J, &c., to an im proper Fraction, Multiply the whole number by the Denominator of the Fraction, add the Numerator to the Product, and place the Denominator under the result. EXAMPLES.@Reduce 37T9B to an improper37... | |
| Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1850 - 160 pages
...6. sjl" 9. 'f£|fi 12. 11. Hl^J< 14. Case II. — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator...of the fraction ; add the numerator, and under the product place the denominator. EXAMPLE. —Reduce the mixed num- 46f ber 46| to an improper fraction.... | |
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