 | Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - 1842 - 160 pages
...divided by the same number. VULGAR FRACTIONS. REDUCTION. Case I. — To change an improper fraction into a whole or mixed number. RULE — Divide the numerator by the denominator, and if there be any remainder write the denominator under it in the form of a fraction. EXAMPLE —... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1843 - 142 pages
...or lessening the numerator. Upon this principle all the following rules are founded. REDUCTION. I. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed...number. RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient is the whole number, and the remainder, with the divisor below it, is the fraction.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1843 - 254 pages
...fraction is equal to 148T^ ? Ans. 12. What improper fraction is equal to 225f ? PROBLEM III. To change an Improper Fraction to a Whole or Mixed Number. RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the value of the fraction. EXAMPLES. 1.. In 4^ of a dollar, how many dollars... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1843 - 320 pages
...of a dollar a yard, how many yards of cloth may be bought for 6181 dollars? A. 4,947 yards. CASE IV. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number. RULE. 2. A man by saving Tj of a dollar a day, saved in 33 days ff; how many dollars is that ? A. $2-^. 1.... | |
 | William Watson (of Beverley.) - 1845 - 188 pages
...11. Reduce |$|$ to its lowest terms. Ans. Jjf . 12. Reduce f£ff $ to its lowest terms. Ans. $• |. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed...RULE. — Divide the numerator by the denominator for the integral part, and put the remainder, if any over the denominator, for the fractional part.... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1845 - 196 pages
...Reduce 514-,^. to an improper fraction. Result 6. Reduce 47|i|| to an improper fraction. Result CASE 4. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number. RULE. Divide the upper term by the lower. Note. — This case and case 3 prove each other. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce JTy to... | |
 | Euclides - 1846 - 272 pages
...sign stands before a fraction with a compound numerator, each sign in that fraction must be changed. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed...number. RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, as in Arithmetic. i. 2ay~ b = 2 — — ay ay = lOv + 3a a2 To reduce fractions to a common denominator.... | |
 | mrs. Henry Ayres - 1846 - 400 pages
...19. Reduce 539fT| to an improper fraction. 20. Reduce 2631 57%^ to an improper fraction. CASE IV. — To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed...Rule. — Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole or mixed number; when there is a remainder, place the divisor beneath... | |
 | Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1846 - 274 pages
...Reduce to ^ts lowest terms. t 9. Reduce || to its lowest terms. 10. Reduce jj-Jf- to its lowest terms. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number. RULE II. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole number. If there be... | |
 | James Robinson (of Boston.) - 1847 - 304 pages
...fraction as the denominator is contained times in the numerator. Hence, the following rule for reducing an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number. RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number. 1. Change -tf, -tf. ¥- ¥•! 2- Change Jp, ^, H,... | |
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To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, — RULE : Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number. 
