 | Peirpont Edward Bates Botham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 252 pages
...Reduce-1- §2 to a whole number. OPERATION. 8)192 ~ 3- To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE : — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and take in the numerator ; write the denominator under the product. Ex. Reduce 12J to an improper fraction.... | |
 | Luther Ainsworth - Arithmetic - 1837 - 306 pages
...Fractions ? A. To bring mixed numbers to improper fractions. Q. What is the RULE in this case ? A. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add in the numerator, then write this product over the denominator of the fraction, and it will form the... | |
 | Joseph Stockton - Arithmetic - 1839 - 218 pages
...• j 6. Reduce fWVV to its lowest terms. | Case 2. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. 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 given denominator. EXAMPLE. 1. Reduce 8f... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1839 - 356 pages
...fifths ; to which, if we add 3 fifths, the amount will be 88 fifths. Hence we deduce the following RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator, and place their sum over the denominator of the fraction. 8. Reduce... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...to its lowest terms. Ans. f. PROBLEM II. To change a Whole or Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and to the product add the numerator ; this sum written over the denominator will form the fraction required.... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 326 pages
...thirds in six ; and 18-=-2=9. For dividing a whole number by a fraction, we have then the following rule ; Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. Ex. 1. Divide 9 by J. Operation, 9x4=36, and 36-^3 = 12, the quotient.... | |
 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...$1.024. CASE XII. To reduce mixed fractions to parts, or to an improper fraction. (See llth Definition.) RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product for the numerator of the fraction sought, under which will be the given denominator.... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...120 5 the numerator added. 125 new numerator, denominator Proof. 8)125 8DEM. — It is plain, when we multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator, that the sum expresses eighths, and placing the denominator below, we have a new fraction, equal in... | |
 | John M'Nevin - Arithmetic - 1841 - 300 pages
...reduce mixed fractions to parts, or to an improper fraction. (See llth Definition.) RULE.—Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product for the numerator of the fraction sought, under which will be the given denominator.... | |
 | W. F. Walker - Arithmetic - 1841 - 246 pages
...?&. (9.) Divide « by 856. • . Ans. T^. § 82. 1. CASE XIV. To divide a whole number by a fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator, 2. Illustration. Divide 9 by f . •»-H= 1 0 3 5 15==-y=15. Here... | |
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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. 
