 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.  Mental and Practical Arithmetic - Page 140by Charles Davies - 1838 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
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...dollar per pound, what will 11lb. raisins come to ? Ans. $J PROBLEM VI. To divide a Whole Number by a fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. EXAMPLES. 1. How many times is f of a dollar contained in... | |
 | John Martin (of Kincardine.) - 1843 - 120 pages
...denominator. To reduce a mixed number to the form of a fraction,— RULE Multiply the whole number or integer by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator ; the sum is the numerator, under which place the denominator of the fraction. Ex. 1. Reduce 5$ to... | |
 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 pages
...Ans. |* 1 3. Simplify -fri-f- as much as possible, Ans. J CASE II. — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE.— Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fractional part, to the product add the numerator, and place the denominator under the sum, for the... | |
 | Charles WATERHOUSE - Arithmetic - 1844 - 228 pages
...a common denominator, which ii but another method of the preceding. 5. To ndwx a mixed number to an improper fraction, RULE. — Multiply the whole number...of the fraction, to the product add the numerator of the fraction ; this sum, placed over the given denominator, will form the fraction required. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 208 pages
...which should be expressed -jT3 thus, ^. And this fraction, by definition —5 2d, on page 76, is an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator, and pla'ce their sum over the denominator of the fraction. 7.... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 710 pages
...979, 1T<^> y^ and 9^ to equivalent whole or mixed numbers. CASE II. 73* To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent improper fraction — RULE. ' Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fractional part of the mixed number, and to this product add the numerator. Place this result over... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 300 pages
...y^8, 1Ty, and ^, to equivalent whole or mixed numbers. CASE II. 73* To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent improper fraction — RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fractional part of the mixed number, and to this product add the numerator. Place this result over... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1845 - 210 pages
...i, J, and 5 to a common denominator. 12» 200 60 TÇ, -3Î7 CASE 3. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product for a new numerator, under which place the given denominator.... | |
 | William Watson (of Beverley.) - 1845 - 188 pages
...to its proper terms. Ans. 7. Reduce T^3T6 to its proper terms. Ans. . 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 ; under which place the denominator. EXAMPLE. 1. Reduce 5\ to... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1846 - 258 pages
...terms. 3. Required to reduce -f/^ to its lowest terms. Ans. T\V. CASE HI. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — (') Multiply the whole...of the fraction, to the product add the numerator of the fraction; this sum placed over the' given denominator will form the fraction required. Question.... | |
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