 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
 | 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.... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...tow many fourths ? Ans. y . *8. Reduce 12| to an improper fraction. Ans. K£. Rule for Case HI. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and write the sum over the denominator. REM. — The analysis of question 6, shows that the whole number... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 200 pages
...which with the 3 , - . fifths in the example = 38 fifths = A*. -3Ss- Ans. RULE. Multiply the whvle number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and under the sum write the denominator. 2. Reduoe 1 7 f to an improper fraction. Ans. 3. Reduce 26 f^... | |
 | 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. To... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 468 pages
...12? 12 X 7 sevenths = 84 sevenths, (Case III), and * 84 sevenths -f 5 sevenths = 89 sevenths, or 'T*. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction; to tlie product add the numerator, and under the sum vrite the denominator. EXAMPLES FOE PRACTICE. 1.... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Algebra - 1868 - 270 pages
...will be in x units eight times x .,x, . 8a; ,Sx.a 8z + a _ FRACTIONS. KULE. Multiply the integral part by the denominator of the fraction; to the product add the numerator if the sign of the fraction is plus, and subtract it if the sign is minus, and under the result write... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1869 - 348 pages
...add 4 fifths, and . ™a * " l"8we have 24 filths. PY68 V =24 fafthsHence, the following RDLE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the...to the product add the numerator ', and place the turn over the given denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 47| to its equivalent fraction. 2. In 17| yards,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...5§ to an equivalent improper fraction. OPERATION. 5X3 . 2 15 + 2 17 Si = -3- + § = — 3- =.pJ«* RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the sum over the denominator. Reduce to equivalent improper fractions, 4. 15f. -4?W!. V 8. 13«.... | |
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