 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
 | John Flint (inspector of schools.) - 1862 - 152 pages
...process. — (See p. 38.) CASE II.— 1st Divisios. To reduce a mixed number to the form of a simple fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product for the new numerator, and keep the same denominator. 1. 3£ 7. 15£... | |
 | Robert Johnston (F.R.G.S.) - 1863 - 254 pages
...21369 7025 801 A 19 365 649 65. To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add its numerator ; under this sum write the denominator of the fraction. Ex. 1. Reduce 14- to an improper... | |
 | Charles Auguste A. Briot - 1863 - 374 pages
...fifths. Thus :— 7 + 3 = §2. i 6 RULE. — To put a fractional number under the form of an ordinary fraction, multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product, placing the denominator underneath. Since a whole number or a fractional... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 376 pages
....-. in 2 units 2 1 = ^ — 2$- Ans- there are 2 X ! or Y- ¥ + i = ¥'» AnsHence the RULE. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction ; — Multiply...the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to that product add the numerator ; and write the result over the denominator. EXAMPLES. Reduce to... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 364 pages
...In 1 unit there are f , .-. in 2 units = ¥• A™- there are 2 X f or Y Hence the RULE. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction ; — Multiply...the whole number by the- denominator of the fraction ; to that product add the numerator ; and write the result over the denominator. EXAMPLES. Reduce to... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 pages
...numerators, of which the least common multiple of the denominators is the common denominator. To REDUCE A MIXED NUMBER TO AN IMPROPER FRACTION. — Multiply...the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; add to the product the numerator of the fraction, and place the denominator under the sum. TO REDUCE... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1867 - 204 pages
...therefore received 7 half dollars. 21. Reduce 4-J- to an improper fraction. Suggestion.—To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, multiply the...number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the whole number add the given numerator. 22. How do you reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1867 - 148 pages
...fourth make 49 fourths. Aris. -\-. Hence the following rule : — ^nSt ~*~' 124, RULE. — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction^ multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add in the numerator] and set the result over the denominator. 125. "We have seen, in § 115, how to... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1870 - 336 pages
...fifths being added 3 5 fifths. make 38 fifths, which are expressed thus, .^. 3 8 fifths = ^a. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add Ote numerator, and place the sum over the given denominator. NOTE. — To reduce a whole number to... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1872 - 236 pages
...denominator 5, and adding the 4 fifths to the product, 69 wo have *£-. Ans. -6/-. 25. How reduce a whole or mixed number to an improper fraction ? Multiply the whole number by the given denominator ; to the product add the numerator, and place the sum over the denominator. NOTE.... | |
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