 To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.  Adams's New Arithmetic - Page 104by Daniel Adams - 1830 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1844 - 356 pages
...do I use ? Ans. CASE II. § 9O- To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent .mproper fraction. RU1E. Multiply 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 4^ to its equivalent improper fraction.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 208 pages
...fifths, which should be expressed -jT3 thus, ^. And this fraction, by definition —5 2d, on page 76, is an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator, and pla'ce their sum over the denominator of the fraction. 7.... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1845 - 210 pages
...735 SO" S04 720 --- 5. Reduce f, i, J, and 5 to a common denominator. 12» 200 60 TÇ, -3Î7 CASE 3. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....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.... | |
 | William Watson (of Beverley.) - 1845 - 188 pages
...proper terms. Ans. 6. Reduce *// to its proper terms. Ans. 7. Reduce T^3T6 to its proper terms. Ans. . To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator ; under which place the denominator. EXAMPLE. 1. Reduce 5\ to... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1868 - 154 pages
...denominator. (4) Reduce £, §, f , and |, to a common denominator. 672 560 3 60 105 '~ ' ~> TTJTT To reduce a mixed number to an Improper Fraction,...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... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...tow many fourths ? Ans. y . *8. Reduce 12| to an improper fraction. Ans. K£. Rule for Case HI. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the...; to the product add the numerator, and write the sum over the denominator. REM. — The analysis of question 6, shows that the whole number is really... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1868 - 200 pages
...which with the 3 , - . fifths in the example = 38 fifths = A*. -3Ss- Ans. RULE. Multiply the whvle number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and under the sum write the denominator. 2. Reduoe 1 7 f to an improper fraction. Ans. 3. Reduce 26 f^... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 468 pages
...12? 12 X 7 sevenths = 84 sevenths, (Case III), and * 84 sevenths -f 5 sevenths = 89 sevenths, or 'T*. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction; to tlie product add the numerator, and under the sum vrite the denominator. EXAMPLES FOE PRACTICE. 1.... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Algebra - 1868 - 270 pages
...will be in x units eight times x .,x, . 8a; ,Sx.a 8z + a _ FRACTIONS. KULE. Multiply the integral part by the denominator of the fraction; to the product add the numerator if the sign of the fraction is plus, and subtract it if the sign is minus, and under the result write... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...5§ to an equivalent improper fraction. OPERATION. 5X3 . 2 15 + 2 17 Si = -3- + § = — 3- =.pJ«* RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the sum over the denominator. Reduce to equivalent improper fractions, 4. 15f. -4?W!. V 8. 13«. 5. 12|i6.... | |
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