 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 322 pages
...Mixed Number? 13T. A Complex Fraction? 138. The Reciprocal of a Number? 139. the Operation in Ex. 1. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and under the sum write the denominator. 2. In 5 f how many sevenths? Ans. ty. 3. In 8 1 how many fifths?... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
...dollars there are 3 times 8 — \ eighths, or 24 eighths, and 5 eighths added, 24-£5= Y make -2,9-.' RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and under the result write the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 9. Reduce 6| to an improper fraction.... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1867 - 354 pages
...fifths, to which add 4 fifths. and . a?a * we have 24 fifths. ' PV68 ¥ =24 fifthlHence, the following RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator...the fraction : to the product add the numerator, and plaf* iAe turn over the given denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 47^ to its equivalent fraction. 2. In... | |
 | 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...; to the product add the numerator, and write the sum over the denominator. REM. — The analysis of question 6, shows that the whole number is really... | |
 | 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^... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1868 - 238 pages
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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...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«. 5. 12|i6.... | |
 | 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...fraction : to the product add the numerator ', and place the turn over the given denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 47| to its equivalent fraction. 2. In... | |
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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. 
