 | William Vogdes - Arithmetic - 1847 - 324 pages
...fraction by a whole number. RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and if any thing remains, multiply it by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator, and place it over ihe product of the divisor multiplied by the denominator. 1. Divide 41 ^ by 9. 2.... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - 1848 - 334 pages
...quantity, then a — - = ; с: с с henee we Irive the following Rule. — Multiply the integral part by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator when it is positive, or subtract it when it is negative, then the result placed over the denominator,... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - Arithmetic - 1849 - 260 pages
...lowest terms. Ans. |, 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 re' quired. EXAMPLES. 1 . In 27-| dollars... | |
 | J. M. Scribner - Mechanical engineering - 1849 - 286 pages
...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? and 8f to improper fractions. 173=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. 4. Change of to an improper fraction.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1850 - 358 pages
...them side by side. CASE i. To reduce a mixed quantity to an improper fraction, multiply the integer by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator, or connect it with its proper sign, + or —; then the denominator being set under this sum, will give... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Algebra - 1850 - 256 pages
...to reduce these to improper fractions, we have the following rule : RULE . — Multiply the integer by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator, or connect it with its proper sign + or — •/ then the denominator being set under this sum, will... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...write under RULE. —Divide the integers as in whole numbers, and if any thing remains multiply it by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator of the fraction, and write it over the product of the divisor, multiplied by the denominator. 2. Divide... | |
 | Daniel Leach - Arithmetic - 1851 - 280 pages
...Reduce -**£-. 31. Reduce 87. To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent improper fraction, — RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator 'y and write the suin over the denominator. 32. Reduce 7f to its equivalent improper fraction. Multiplying... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1851 - 372 pages
...expressed thus, 858. And this fraction by definition 2d, page 89, is an improper fraction. 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. 2. Reduce 16^ to an improper fraction. Ans.... | |
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To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator. 
