When the lower fraction is greater than the upper, subtract the numerator of the lower fraction from the denominator, and to that difference add the upper numerator, carrying one to the unit's place of the lower whole number. A Compendium of Practical Arithmetick - Page 210by John Thomas Hope - 1790 - 387 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Whiting - Arithmetic - 1787 - 276 pages
...Denominator. When the lower Fra^ion is greater than the upper, take the Numerator of rhe lower Fractton from the Denominator, and to that Difference add the...one to the Units Place of the lower whole Number. EXAMPLES. I. From | take i. Anf. \\. 3. Ftom T take -A. Anf. -'7. 3. From "f-Vtake /T. y/«/. if. 4.... | |
| James Thompson - Arithmetic - 1808 - 176 pages
...mixed numbers when the lower fraction is greater than the upper, subtract the numerator of the lower from the denominator, and to that difference add the...numerator, carrying- one to the units place of the lower •* hole number. EXAMPLES. 1. Subtract J from |1|. Ant- -fä. 2. Subtract 3 from ^_. - зт». 3.... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1817 - 252 pages
...without reducing themto improper fractions, subtract the numerator of the lower fraction from the common denominator, and to that difference add the upper numerator, carrying one to the unit's place of • ' the lower whole number. Also, a fraction may be subtracted from a whole number... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1818 - 246 pages
...without reducing them to improper frictions, subtract the numerntnr of the lower fraction from the common denominator, and to that difference add the upper numerator, carrying one to the unit's place of thfi lower whole number. MULTIPLICATION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. RULE. REDUCE whole and... | |
| Thomas Dilworth - Arithmetic - 1818 - 222 pages
...fraction is greater than the upper, subtract the numerator of the lower fraction from the denominator, ami to that difference add the upper numerator, carrying one to the units p];ice of the lower whole number. Note. This rule is proved hy Addition. EXAMPLES. 1. From }]"£ take... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1821 - 244 pages
...without reduring them to improper fractious, subtract the numerator of the lower friciion from the common denominator, and to that difference add the upper numerator, carrying one to the unit,s idace of the lower whoU number. Also, a fraciion may be subtracted from a «hole number by taking the... | |
| Francis Walkingame - 1832 - 224 pages
...Fractions.105 11. When the lower fraction is greater than the upper, §ubtract the numerator of the lower fraction from the denominator, and to that difference add the upper numerator, carrying one to the unit's place of the lower whole number. EXAMPLES. 1 From \ take $. 3X7=21.5X4=20.21—20=1 num. 4X7=9^... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1835 - 260 pages
...them to improper fractions, sul tract the numerator of the lower fraction from the common denominate! and to that difference add the upper numerator, carrying one to the unit' place of the lower whole number. Also, a fraction may be subtracted fron\ «\. "\N\vCj\t numerator... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1837 - 262 pages
...without reducing them to improper fractions, subtract tho numerator of the lower fraction from the common denominator, and to that difference add the upper numerator, carrying one to the unit's place of the lower whole number. " Alfo, a fraction maybe subtracted from a whole number by... | |
| Francis Walkingame - 1855 - 186 pages
...denominator. 2. When the lower fraction is greater than the upper, subtract tho numerator of thu lower fraction from the denominator, and to that difference add the upper numerator, carrying one to the unit's place of the lower whole number. Examples. 1. From | take f 3 x 7 = 21 ; 5 x 4 = 20 ; 21 - 20... | |
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