 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 given numerator.  A Grammar School Arithmetic - Page 71by George Albert Wentworth - 1889 - 451 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Leonard (Jr.) - Arithmetic - 1839 - 362 pages
...fourths of a pound would he have made ? get 55 fourths for the answer. Therefore, to change a whole or mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator, add the numerator to the product, if it be a mixed number, and place the denominator beneath the result.... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 316 pages
...it by the 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. 2. Reduce 8J to an improper... | |
 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...CASE I. To reduce a mixed quantity to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the integer, or whole part, by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator ; then under their sum place the original denominator. 1. Reduce a-\ -- and a — reach to improper... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 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 16ti to an improper fraction. Ans.... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...— To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent imp-rapcr fraction. RULE. — Multiply the integer, or -whole number, by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator ; then set that sum. above the denominator for the fraction required. EXAMPLES; 1. Reduce 15 1 to an... | |
 | George Leonard - Arithmetic - 1841 - 356 pages
...the 52 fourths 5 5 we get 55 fourths. *£• of a pound. Ans. •• Therefore, to change a whole" or mixed number to an improper fraction, •. Multiply the whole number by the denominator, add the numerator to the product, if it be a mixed number, and place the denominator beneath the result.... | |
 | George Leonard (jr.) - Arithmetic - 1841 - 350 pages
...fourths - to the 52 fourths 5 5 we get 55 fourths. *f- of a pound. Ans. Therefore, to change a whole or mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator, add the numerator to the product, if it be a mixed number, and place the denominator beneath the result.... | |
 | Osman Call - Arithmetic - 1842 - 210 pages
...-4ns. f . 3. Reduce -fife to its lowest terms. Ans. £. 4. Reduce -£//% to its lowest terms. .Ans. II. TO REDUCE A MIXED NUMBER TO AN IMPROPER FRACTION. Multiply the whole number by the denominator, and to the product add the numerator ; the sum will be the numerator of the improper fraction, and... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1842 - 184 pages
...the dividend be a whole number, and the divisor be a fraction, the more expeditious way will be to multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to divide the product by the numerator, as in the following question. 16. How many times will 13 contain... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1843 - 254 pages
...its lowest terms. Ans. 11. Reduce f|-§f to its lowest terms. Ans. PROBLEM II. To change a Whole or Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction. Multiply the...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... | |
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