 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
...quarter apples among a number of boys, how many whole apples do I use ? Ans. 219J. CASE II. i) 9O. To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent improper...the whole number by the denominator of the fraction; to the product add the numerator, and place the sum over the given denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 194 pages
...Ans. ^ . 5. In 13 feet, how many ^ of a foot? Ans. ^6III. To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator, and the sum will form the numerator of the fraction required. 1 . What fraction... | |
 | Charles Auguste A. Briot - 1863 - 374 pages
...:— 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 number can... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1863 - 482 pages
...equivalent fraetion having any assigned denominator. This is, evidently,-the reverse of Case 2 ; therefore multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator (if there be one) to obtain the numerator of the fraction required. Ex. — Reduce 221^. to an improper... | |
 | William Easton (of Hereford.) - 1864 - 92 pages
...and in 7# there are y. Here лv"e are said to reduce the mixed number 7$ to the improper fraction y. Rule. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add in the numerator. 19. In 34, 7e, 9i> 1Ц, how many halves ? Ans. |, у, V, V20. In 5jr, 8i, 3f, 9i,... | |
 | Ireland commissioners of nat. educ - 1865 - 184 pages
...407, 789, and 5 to fractions having 611 for denominator. Case II. — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; add the numerator to this product ; and place the sum over the given denominator. EXAMPLE. — Reduce... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Measurement - 1866 - 340 pages
...||£-H10=.|l+8=-£H-3=f, or 9 indies. Ex. 2. Reduce ^-| to its lowest terms. Ans. f . To reduce a Mixed Fraction to its equivalent Improper Fraction. RULE. — Multiply...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£... | |
 | W. M. LUPTON - 1867 - 210 pages
...73441 and 30081. (24) 619369 and 7870000. (25) 966289 and 4915000. To reduce a mixed nwniber to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add in the numerator for the new numerator ; the denominator remains unaltered. EXERCISE XVIII. Reduce... | |
 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1867 - 232 pages
...fraction to its lowest terms. EXAMPLE. £=1±; if=l T % = li; ff=2To reduce a mixed fraction to an equivalent improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fractional part, and to the product add the numerator, and place their sum over the said denominator.... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1868 - 154 pages
...§, f , and |, to a common denominator. 672 560 3 60 105 '~ ' ~> TTJTT 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 for a new numerator, which place over the denominator. To express... | |
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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. 
