 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...A-. 11. Reduce f|f| to its lowest terms. Ans. f. PROBLEM II. To change a Whole or Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and to the product add the numerator ; this sum written over the denominator will form the fraction required.... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1839 - 268 pages
...number. 5 = 12ths contained in the fraction. 197 = Jj^, the answer. Hence, To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 356 pages
...fifths ; to which, if we add 3 fifths, the amount will be 88 fifths. Hence we deduce the following RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator, and place their sum over the denominator of the fraction. 8. Reduce... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1840 - 278 pages
...= 12 tits contained in the fraction. 197 = JjSf, the answer. Hence, To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Measurement - 1866 - 340 pages
...||£-H10=.|l+8=-£H-3=f, or 9 indies. Ex. 2. Reduce ^-| to its lowest terms. Ans. f . To reduce a Mixed Fraction to its equivalent Improper Fraction. RULE. — Multiply...whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator, then set that sum above the denominator. EXAMPLE. — Reduce 23£... | |
 | W. M. LUPTON - 1867 - 210 pages
...73441 and 30081. (24) 619369 and 7870000. (25) 966289 and 4915000. To reduce a mixed nwniber to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add in the numerator for the new numerator ; the denominator remains unaltered. EXERCISE XVIII. Reduce... | |
 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1867 - 232 pages
...fraction to its lowest terms. EXAMPLE. £=1±; if=l T % = li; ff=2To reduce a mixed fraction to an equivalent improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fractional part, and to the product add the numerator, and place their sum over the said denominator.... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1868 - 154 pages
...§, f , and |, to a common denominator. 672 560 3 60 105 '~ ' ~> TTJTT To reduce a mixed number to an Improper Fraction, RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator for a new numerator, which place over the denominator. To express... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1868 - 238 pages
...by the same number without a remainder, that is their lowest term. 2. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Rule. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to which add the numerator, and place the product over the denominator, for a new numerator. disc 3.... | |
 | Robert Stewart (of Dundee.) - Arithmetic - 1871 - 248 pages
...'«", V, '{', W, W, 'I8. '!% S?, to whole or mixed numbers. CASE III. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, under which place the denominator. NOTE. — To reduce an integer... | |
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Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator. 
