 | John D. Williams - Algebra - 1840 - 634 pages
...CASE I. To reduce a mixed quantity to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the integer, or whole part, by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator ; then under their sum place the original denominator. 1. Reduce a-\ -- and a — reach to... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 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 16ti to an improper... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...— To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent imp-rapcr fraction. RULE. — Multiply the integer, or -whole number, by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator ; then set that sum. above the denominator for the fraction required. EXAMPLES; 1. Reduce... | |
 | George Leonard (jr.) - Arithmetic - 1841 - 350 pages
...fourths - to the 52 fourths 5 5 we get 55 fourths. *f- of a pound. Ans. Therefore, to change a whole or mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator, add the numerator to the product, if it be a mixed number, and place the denominator beneath the result.... | |
 | George Leonard - Arithmetic - 1841 - 356 pages
...the 52 fourths 5 5 we get 55 fourths. *£• of a pound. Ans. •• Therefore, to change a whole" or mixed number to an improper fraction, •. Multiply the whole number by the denominator, add the numerator to the product, if it be a mixed number, and place the denominator beneath the result.... | |
 | Osman Call - Arithmetic - 1842 - 210 pages
...-4ns. f . 3. Reduce -fife to its lowest terms. Ans. £. 4. Reduce -£//% to its lowest terms. .Ans. II. TO REDUCE A MIXED NUMBER TO AN IMPROPER FRACTION. Multiply the whole number by the denominator, and to the product add the numerator ; the sum will be the numerator of the improper fraction, and... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1842 - 184 pages
...the dividend be a whole number, and the divisor be a fraction, the more expeditious way will be to multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to divide the product by the numerator, as in the following question. 16. How many times will 13 contain... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1843 - 254 pages
...its lowest terms. Ans. 11. Reduce f|-§f to its lowest terms. Ans. PROBLEM II. To change a Whole or Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction. Multiply the...denominator of the fraction and to the product add the numerator ; this sum •written over the denominator will form the fraction required. EXAMPLES. 1.... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1844 - 298 pages
...improper fractions are the same; thus, 5J= U1. for illustration, see following examples : RULE.— Multiply the 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| to a fraction. 33x6+2 =... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1844 - 208 pages
...-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. Redoce 8-jSj- to an improper... | |
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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 given numerator. 
