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. A Grammar Shcool Arithmetic - Page 122by George Albert Wentworth - 1886 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
| Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 204 pages
...„ „ as many thirds as whole ones, 42-tlurds. Jns.4/. m any whole number. RULE. To change a whole number to an improper fraction, multiply the whole number by the denominator, and the product will be the numerator. 2. If you cut 17 sheets of paper into half-sheets, how many... | |
| Francis Walkingame - 1835 - 270 pages
...least common denominator. (19) Reduce f , *, J, |, ^5, ^, to ihe least common denominator. RULE V. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product for a new numerator, under which place the denominator. EXAMPLES.... | |
| Charles Potts - Arithmetic - 1835 - 202 pages
...3. Reduce i-|$ to its lowest terms. Ans. \. 4. Reduce -ylff to its lowest terms. . Ans. 5. CASE 3. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product ; then set that sum above the given denominator for the fraction required.... | |
| B[enjamin] Franklin Callender - Measurement - 1836 - 226 pages
...14. Change f Hi- ANS. 5. 15. Change »if>» ANS. 144. SECTION V. Change of Mixed NumberS. To change a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the...the fraction, and to the product add the numerator. 1. Change 5§ to thirdS. 5X3+2=17. ANS. tf. 2. Change 12£ to an improper fraction. ANS. 1%3. 3. In... | |
| William Tate - 1837 - 358 pages
...equivalent mixed numbers. Products. Ex. 1. 4, 5, 28. Ex. 2. Ц, в}, 56-A-. Ex. 3. 18Ц, 16«B, CASE 2. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add in the numerator ; then make this amount the numerator to the required fraction, having for its... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...9. Change ^ffi to a whole ,1 a division, whose divisor is the denominator of the Hence the Rule — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the the remainder, if fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under the result, place the denomiEXAMPLES.... | |
| Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1838 - 346 pages
...terms. Ans. f . II. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole numbers by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator for a new numerator, and place it over the denominator. NOTE. To express a whole number fraction-wise,... | |
| 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 16n to an improper fraction. Ans.... | |
| Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...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. , EXAMPLES. 1. In 27f dollars... | |
| Jason M. Mahan - Arithmetic - 1839 - 312 pages
...terms. " 7. Reduce f ^» to its lowest terms. " 8. Reduce jy-j'V to its lowest terms. " RULE. M'.iltiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator of the fraction, tt:ider which write the denominator. Examples. 1. Reluca 41 77 to its equivalent improper... | |
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