 | Almon Ticknor - Arithmetic - 1846 - 274 pages
...equivalent, or mixed number. 127T4-j. To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent improper fraction. RULE ill. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the...numerator of the fraction to the product, under which subjoin the denominator, and it will form the fraction required. 16. Reduce 19}-f to an improper fraction.... | |
 | mrs. Henry Ayres - 1846 - 400 pages
...terms. 13. Reduce 6 to its lowest terms. CASE III. — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Rule. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add in the numerator, and beneath this sum place the denominator, and you will have the fraction required.... | |
 | Euclides - 1846 - 272 pages
...8ths are in the whole number, thus, OO I fi 4 X 8 -(- 5 = J- — the improper fraction 8 required. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and connect the numerator by the proper sign, placing the denominator under all. 2* — 3 2. cc 3. 5a -... | |
 | William Vogdes - Arithmetic - 1847 - 324 pages
...How do you divide a fraction by a fraction? §87'. CASE 2. To divide a whole number by a fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide by its numerator. EXAMPLES. 1 Divide 48 by f. 48 _9 8)432 DIVISION OF FRACTIONS. 2. 54— f... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - Arithmetic - 1849 - 260 pages
...pound, what will 11lb. raisins •come to ? Ans. $$ PROBLEM VI. 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. EXAMPLES. 1. How many times is & of a dollar contained in $9 T... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...whose denominator shall be 1 1. 7x11 =ff- Answer. 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, and place the sum above the denominator. Example. — Reduce 17?... | |
 | Benjamin Naylor - 1850 - 334 pages
...makes* 13 thirds ; thus, 4x3 + l = 133. How do you change a mixed number to an improper fraction? Ans. multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator to the product, which place over the denominator. EXAMPLES. * Change 8| to an improper fraction. (1.)... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...denominator of the fraction ; therefore, To reduce a mixed number to an improper frac,ion, we have this RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator ; under the result, place the denominator of the fraction. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...contain 1 fourth 68 times, it will contain 3 fourths as many tunes as 68 will contain 3 = 22f Ans. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. 2. Divide 18 by ft. Ans. 28f. 3. Divide 28 by £f. Ans. 41 T V4.... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1851 - 310 pages
...same as before. ~96)144(1 ~96 48)96(2 96 To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add the numerator to the product ; then set that sum above the denominator for the fraction required. Reduce 23f to a... | |
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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. 
