 | Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1834 - 204 pages
...„ „ as many thirds as whole ones, 42-tlurds. Jns.4/. m any whole number. RULE. To change a whole number to an improper fraction, multiply the whole number by the denominator, and the product will be the numerator. 2. If you cut 17 sheets of paper into half-sheets, how many... | |
 | Charles Potts - Arithmetic - 1835 - 202 pages
...3. Reduce i-|$ to its lowest terms. Ans. \. 4. Reduce -ylff to its lowest terms. . Ans. 5. 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 ; then set that sum above the given denominator for the fraction... | |
 | Francis Walkingame - 1835 - 270 pages
...least common denominator. (19) Reduce f , *, J, |, ^5, ^, to ihe least common denominator. RULE V. 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 denominator. EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Benjamin Snowden - 1835 - 108 pages
...the fraction of a guinea. Problem 7. — 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, which place over the given denominator. Reduce 12|j- to an improper fraction. Facit Reduce... | |
 | B[enjamin] Franklin Callender - Measurement - 1836 - 226 pages
...14. Change f Hi- ANS. 5. 15. Change »if>» ANS. 144. SECTION V. Change of Mixed NumberS. To change a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator. 1. Change 5§ to thirdS. 5X3+2=17. ANS. tf. 2. Change 12£ to... | |
 | William Tate - 1837 - 358 pages
...equivalent mixed numbers. Products. Ex. 1. 4, 5, 28. Ex. 2. Ц, в}, 56-A-. Ex. 3. 18Ц, 16«B, CASE 2. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and add in the numerator ; then make this amount the numerator to the required fraction, having for... | |
 | Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...9. Change ^ffi to a whole ,1 a division, whose divisor is the denominator of the Hence the Rule — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the the remainder, if fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under the result, place the denomiEXAMPLES.... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
...use ? Ans. 219J. CASE II. i) 9O. To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent improper fraction. RULE. 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 4j to its equivalent improper... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1839 - 268 pages
...fraction. 197 = Jj^, the answer. Hence, 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. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 5. What is the improper... | |
 | George Leonard (Jr.) - Arithmetic - 1839 - 362 pages
...fourths of a pound would he have made ? get 55 fourths for the answer. 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.... | |
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To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the given numerator. The sum placed over the given denominator, will form the improper fraction required. 
