 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 326 pages
...proposed denominator ; the product will be the numerator : but if it be a mixed quantity, multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator; then under the number thus produced, write the denominator. Ex. 1. Reduce 21 to a... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...terms. Ans. f. CASE II. — To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent imp-rapcr fraction. RULE. — Multiply the integer, or -whole number, by the denominator...denominator for the fraction required. EXAMPLES; 1. Reduce 15 1 to an improper fraction, 15f 8 120 5 the numerator added. 125 new numerator, denominator Proof.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...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 16ti to an improper fraction. Ans.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1842 - 184 pages
...fraction by definition 2d, on page 67, is an —- Hence the following OO- TT .1 /•!! 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. f. Reduce 8-pr to an improper fraction. Ans.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1843 - 254 pages
...lowest terms. Ans. PROBLEM II. To change a Whole or Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction. 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. EXAMPLES. 1. In 27- dollars... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1844 - 298 pages
...fractions are the same; thus, 5J= U1. for illustration, see following examples : RULE.— Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and...numerator; then set that sum above the denominator. EXAMPLE.— Reduce 23| to a fraction. 33x6+2 = 140 6 6 EXAMPLE.— Reduce i|^ inches to its value in... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 208 pages
...^. 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. Redoce 8-jSj- to an improper fraction.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 204 pages
...definition — 2d, on page 76, is an improper fraction. " Hence the following RULE. Multiply the rehole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator, and place their sum over the denominator of the fraction. 7. Reduce 8-^ to an improper fraction. Ans.... | |
 | William Watson (of Beverley.) - 1845 - 188 pages
...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 an improper fraction. 5X2 + I 1I . 5£... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1845 - 226 pages
...fraction, by definition _ 2d, on page 76, is an improper fraction " Hence 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. 7. Reduce 8^- to an improper fraction. Ans.... | |
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To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator. 
