 | Benjamin Naylor - 1850 - 334 pages
...makes* 13 thirds ; thus, 4x3 + l = 133. How do you change a mixed number to an improper fraction? Ans. multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator to the product, which place over the denominator. EXAMPLES. * Change 8| to an improper fraction. (1.) Thus, 8£ 4 numerator... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...denominator of the fraction ; therefore, To reduce a mixed number to an improper frac,ion, we have this RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator ; under the result, place the denominator of the fraction. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...contain 1 fourth 68 times, it will contain 3 fourths as many tunes as 68 will contain 3 = 22f Ans. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. 2. Divide 18 by ft. Ans. 28f. 3. Divide 28 by £f. Ans. 41 T V4.... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1851 - 310 pages
...same as before. ~96)144(1 ~96 48)96(2 96 To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator...sum above the denominator for the fraction required. Reduce 23f to a fraction. Or, 23 (23 x5) + 2 117 5 5 - — 5 115 2 117 5 To reduce an improper fraction... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1851 - 314 pages
...its lowest terms. Ans. CASE II. To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent improper fraction. RDLE.* Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the...fraction, and add the numerator to the product ; then this sum placed above the denominator will form the fraction required. EXAMPLES. (1.) Reduce 27^ to... | |
 | William Smyth - Algebra - 1851 - 272 pages
...1. To reduce a mixed quantity to a fractional form. RULE. Multiply the integral part of the quantity by the de.nominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product. The sum will be the numerator of the required fraction. a2. To reduce fractional expressions to a mixed... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1851 - 280 pages
...30. Reduce -**£-. 31. Reduce 87. To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent improper fraction, — RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator 'y and write the suin over the denominator. 32. Reduce 7f to its equivalent... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...13 contain 1 seventh 91 times, it will contain 7 as many times as 91 -will contain 3, equal to 30J. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. Divide 18 by £. Ans. 20f 3. Divide... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1851 - 346 pages
...reduce a Mixed Fraction to its equivalent, an Improper Fraction. tration, 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^... | |
 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 476 pages
.... 8' Hence to reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, we have «nly to multiply the integer by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product. Place this sum over the denominator, and the improper fraction will be obtained. 65. An improper fraction... | |
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Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator. 
