 To change a mixed number to an Improper fraction.— Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction; to the product add the numerator; place the sum over the denominator: 1% = 15/8.  Practical Business Arithmetic - Page 109by Helen J. Kiggen - 1922 - 404 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Warren Colburn - Arithmetic - 1826 - 264 pages
...717. Ans. T*-7. Hence to reduce a whole number to an improper fraction with a given denominator, or a mixed number to an improper fraction : multiply the whole number by the denominator, and if it is a mixed number add the numerator of the fraction, and write the result over the denominator.... | |
 | Warren Colburn - 1829 - 258 pages
...are 717.- Ans. Vs7Hence to reduce a whole number to an improper fraction with a given denominator, or a mixed number to an improper fraction : multiply the whole number by the denominator, and if it is a mixed number add the numerator of the fraction, and write the result over the denominator.... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - Arithmetic - 1830 - 304 pages
...First find the ninths in 2= V3- Then say | are in V, 9 times. Ans. Hence, to divide a whole number by a Fraction, MULTIPLY THE WHOLE NUMBER BY THE DENOMINATOR OF THE FRACTION, AND DIVIDE THE PRODUCT BY THE NUMERATOR. 11. Divide 24 by 'f. It is best to reduce the Fraction to its... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1833 - 284 pages
...children, how many apples do I give ? Ans. 5CASE II. $ 126. To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; -to the product add the numerator, and place the sum over the given denominator. Ex. 1. Reduce 4f... | |
 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 204 pages
...„ „ as many thirds as whole ones, 42-tlurds. Jns.4/. m any whole number. RULE. To change a whole number to an improper fraction, multiply the whole number by the denominator, and the product will be the numerator. 2. If you cut 17 sheets of paper into half-sheets, how many... | |
 | Charles Potts - Arithmetic - 1835 - 202 pages
...i-|$ to its lowest terms. Ans. \. 4. Reduce -ylff to its lowest terms. . Ans. 5. CASE 3. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the...whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product ; then set that sum above the given denominator for the fraction required.... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1835 - 270 pages
...common denominator. (19) Reduce f , *, J, |, ^5, ^, to ihe least common denominator. RULE V. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the...whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product for a new numerator, under which place the denominator. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | William Tate - 1837 - 358 pages
...mixed numbers. Products. Ex. 1. 4, 5, 28. Ex. 2. Ц, в}, 56-A-. Ex. 3. 18Ц, 16«B, CASE 2. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the...whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add in the numerator ; then make this amount the numerator to the required fraction, having for its... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...^ffi to a whole ,1 a division, whose divisor is the denominator of the Hence the Rule — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the the remainder, if fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under the result, place the denomiEXAMPLES.... | |
 | 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.... | |
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