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
| Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 208 pages
...-jT3 thus, ^. 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.... | |
| Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1844 - 298 pages
...improper fractions are the same; thus, 5J= U1. for illustration, see following examples : RULE.— Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; then set that sum above the denominator. EXAMPLE.— Reduce 23| to a fraction. 33x6+2 = 140 6 6 EXAMPLE.—... | |
| 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
...Reduce T^3T6 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
...this 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.... | |
| James H. Porter - Arithmetic - 1845 - 254 pages
...fraction, as tf, 12|, 1?28f, 99999991%. Mixed numbers' may bo reduced to improper fractions, by multiplying the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator for a new numerator, and place it over the denominator. ADDITION AND 8UBTRACTION OF FRACTION8. Addition... | |
| James Morrison (accountant.) - 1845 - 324 pages
...Page 92. (1.) Q. How do you reduce mixed numbers to improper fractions ? A. I multiply the integer by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator ; under which I place the denominator. (2.) Q. How do you reduce improper fractions to whole or mixed numbers?... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...andin 15itnere are 15^ 15 times as many. 4X15=60, and three fourths 4 make 63 fourths. Hence, 133. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....the whole number by the denominator of the fraction : to the product add the given numerator. The sum placed over the given denominator, will form the... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 402 pages
...fourths, and in 15, there are 15 times as many. 4x15=60, and three fourths make 63 fourths. Hence, 132. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....the whole number by the denominator of the fraction : to the product add the given numerator. The sum placed over the given denominator, will form the... | |
| James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...15, there are ,> 15 times as many. 4x15=60, and 3 fourths make _ 63 fourths. Hence, *f- Ans. '8 23. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the given numerator. The sum placed over the given denominator, will form the... | |
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