 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 pages
...the new numerators, of which the least common multiple of the denominators is the common denominator. To REDUCE A MIXED NUMBER TO AN IMPROPER FRACTION....the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; add to the product the numerator of the fraction, and place the denominator under the sum. TO REDUCE... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
...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 of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and under the result write the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 9. Reduce 6| to an improper... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1867 - 148 pages
...49 and 1 fourth make 49 fourths. Aris. -\-. Hence the following rule : — ^nSt ~*~' 124, RULE. — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction^...the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add in the numerator] and set the result over the denominator. 125. "We have seen, in § 115, how to... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1867 - 204 pages
...halves. He therefore received 7 half dollars. 21. Reduce 4-J- to an improper fraction. Suggestion.—To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, multiply...the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the whole number add the given numerator. 22. How do you reduce a mixed number to an improper... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1867 - 354 pages
...which add 4 fifths. and . a?a * we have 24 fifths. ' PV68 ¥ =24 fifthlHence, the following RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction : to the product add the numerator, and plaf* iAe turn over the given denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 47^ to its equivalent... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 168 pages
...thirds make • iT a whole one ; and adding the 2 thirds, we "S"An... have 41 thirds. Hence, 9 1 . To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the given numerator. The sum placed over the given denominator, will form the... | |
 | Whitman Peck - Arithmetic - 1868 - 304 pages
...EXAMPLE 39. — Beduce 8 to an improper fraction. Process. — Since 1=^, 8=8 times ^=f. RULE. — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction,...the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator, and write the denominator under the sum. EXAMPLES. (40.) 6J (*!.) 7§ (42.) 8} (43.)... | |
 | 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 fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and write the sum over the denominator. REM. — The analysis of question 6, shows that... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1869 - 332 pages
...an equivalent improper fraction. OPERATION. 5X3 . 2 15 + 2 17 Si = -3- + § = — 3- =.pJ«* RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the sum over the denominator. Reduce to equivalent improper fractions, 4. 15f.... | |
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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. 
