 | Elias Loomis - Algebra - 1856 - 280 pages
...PROBLEM III. (81.) To reduce a mixed quantity to the form of a fraction. RULE. Multiply the entire part by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, with its proper sign, and place the result over the given denominator. ™ Q2 , , 3x5+2 15+2 17 Thus,... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1857 - 376 pages
...in 3¿ there will be *£• -f- ¿. = J^. Hence, To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator...product add the numerator, and under the sum write the denominator. Ex. 1. Reduce Ц to 7ths. Ans. 3f-. 2. Reduce 12^ to 11ths. Ans. *да. 3. Reduce 50f... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 348 pages
...how many fourths? Ans. s?5. *8. Reduce 12 i to an improper fradtioa. Ans. (y. Rule for Case III. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and write the sum over the denominator. RfcM. — The analysis of question 6, shows that the whole number... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1859 - 348 pages
...40 eighths -(- 3 eighths = 43 eighths, 4g£, Ans. or *f. From this operation we derive the following RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...product add the numerator, and under the sum write the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. In 4£ dollars, how many half dollars ? Ans. f . 3. In 71£... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1860 - 444 pages
...sevenths, (Case III), aiM _[_ 84 sevenths -f 5 sevenths — 89 sevenths, or 8T9. 89 Hence the following RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...product add the numerator, and under the sum write the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. ' 1. Reduce 15$ to fifths. Ans. 7/. 2. Reduce 24| to an improper... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic (Commercial), 1861 - 1861 - 348 pages
...5 there are 5 times 4 fourths=20 fourths, and 20 fourths + 3 fourths= 23 fourths. Ana. Y-- RTTH.E. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the...fraction, to the product add the numerator, and under the result place the denominator. Example s. 2. Reduce 44f to an improper fraction. 3. Reduce 3TVj to an... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - 1862 - 320 pages
...Number? 137. A Complex Fraction? 1C8. The Reciprocal of a Number? 139. Explain the Operation in Ex. 1. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...product add the numerator, and under the sum write the denominator. 3. In 8£ how many fifths ? Ans. ^-, 2. In 5^ how many sevenths? Ans. &?-. 4. In $7 J... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1863 - 346 pages
...add Add ... 4 fifths, 4 fifths and we have 24 fifths. iyes s, = ^ fifths_ Hence, the following n '' Rule. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...the fraction : to the product add the numerator, and place the sum over the given denominator. Examples. 1. Reduce 47f to its equivalent fraction. 2 In... | |
 | James Stewart Eaton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 322 pages
...Mixed Number? 13T. A Complex Fraction? 138. The Reciprocal of a Number? 139. the Operation in Ex. 1. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...product add the numerator, and under the sum write the denominator. 2. In 5 f how many sevenths? Ans. ty. 3. In 8 1 how many fifths? Ans. «, 4. In $7f how... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
...dollars there are 3 times 8 — \ eighths, or 24 eighths, and 5 eighths added, 24-£5= Y make -2,9-.' RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator...; to the product add the numerator, and under the result write the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 9. Reduce 6| to an improper fraction. Ans. 237.... | |
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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. 
