 | John Edward King - Business mathematics - 1891 - 254 pages
...numerator added. fl*,*, * i <y? «rtv »u — — Jit tiis equals &t nitiisj t hero 5| = V- fore 5| = y. Rule. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator...the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and place the sum over the denominator. KX-AJVCPLES. 168. Reduce to improper fractions: 1. $5f 2. 8f hours.... | |
 | John Groesbeck - 1891 - 426 pages
...2£ to hundredths. CASE III. 61. To change whole or mixed numbers to improper fractions. JtuZe. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and set their sum over the denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Change 4J to halves. 4X2 = 8. 8+1 = 9. Ana.9-. & 2.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...there are 5 times 8 eighths, or 40 eighths, _ and 40 eighths + 3 eighths = 43 eighths, or ^. *£-, Ans. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator...the fraction; to the product add the numerator, and under the sum write the denominator. 2. Change 4£ dollars, to half dollars. Ans. f. 3. Change 71-f... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1892 - 428 pages
...times 8 eighths, or 40 eighths, JL and 40 eighths + 3 eighths = 43 eighths, or *£. ^, Ans. BULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction; to the product add the numerator, and under the sum write the denominator. 2. Change 4*- dollars, to half dollars. Ans. f. 3. Change 71-|... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1893 - 234 pages
...Rule.—Multiply the integral part of the mixed number by the denominator of the fractional part ; to the product add the numerator; and write the result over the denominator. Examples. Reduce to an improper fraction : — 12£f. Ans. 19|f. Ans. Ans. 10. In 10£ dollars, how... | |
 | Henry B. Maglathlin - 1894 - 370 pages
...to an equivalent improper fraction. 3. Reduce 5f to an equivalent improper fraction. OPERATION. 17 RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the sum over the denominator: I )x;i 111 plew. Reduce to equivalent improper fractions, 4. 153 Ans. *A... | |
 | Oscar F. Williams - Arithmetic - 1894 - 332 pages
...to 5 times 3 thirds, or 15 thirds; and 15 thirds plus 2 thirds equals 17 thirds; therefore, sj = y. Rule. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator...the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and place the sum over the denominator. EXAMPLKS FOK PRACTICE. 174. Reduce 1. 3£ to an improper fraction.... | |
 | Oscar F. Williams - Arithmetic - 1894 - 364 pages
...thirds, or 15 thirds; and 15 thirds plus 2 thirds equals 17 thirds; therefore, 5J= y. Rule.—Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and place the sum over the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 174. Reduce 1. 3$ to an improper fraction.... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury, Grenville C. Emery - Algebra - 1894 - 166 pages
...reduce a mixed number to a fractional form, we have the following Rule. 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... | |
 | George Washington Hull - Arithmetic - 1895 - 408 pages
...2jf| 5 fifths, which are 120 fifths ; 120 fifths + 2 fifths 122 fifths - i|*. are 122 fifths, or i|i. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...numerator, and write the result over the denominator. Reduce to improper fractions — 13. 75H14. 106^15. 516J. 31. 21 2|. . 615|. CASE III. 69. To reduce... | |
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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. 
