| Frederick Emerson - Arithmetic - 1839 - 300 pages
...measure. 3. Reduce each of the following fractions to its lowest terms. CASE II. To reduce a whole number to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the proposed denominator, and the product will be the numerator. When the quantity to be reduced is a mixed... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1840 - 278 pages
...dollars, or the whole number. 5 = 12 tits contained in the fraction. 197 = JjSf, the answer. Hence, To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction,...of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 5 What is the improper fraction equivalent... | |
| Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1840 - 436 pages
...the divisor for the denominator. Example. Reduce V¥* to a whole, or mixed, number. 12)114 Answer. To reduce a Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction, Rule. Multiply the whole number by the demominator, and add the numerator to the product, under which place the given denominator. Example.... | |
| William Foster - 1840 - 92 pages
...greatest common measure is * +6, ' 2é PROOF. if»z. 4 and — ; — 7, — ,. лс«_65 j: — 6CASE II. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the integral part by the denominator of the fractional part : to the product annex the numerator ,of the... | |
| W. F. Walker - Arithmetic - 1841 - 246 pages
...72. Ans. ?&. (9.) Divide « by 856. • . Ans. T^. § 82. 1. CASE XIV. To divide a whole number by a fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator, 2. Illustration. Divide 9 by f . •»-H= 1 0 3 5 15==-y=15.... | |
| Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - 1842 - 160 pages
...or mixed numbers. Tieduce the following fractions to whole or mixed numbers : 6. »{5» 9. 'Js 12. Case II — To reduce a mixed number to an improper...the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; add the numerator, and under the product place the enominator. EXAMPLE.— Reduce the mixed num-... | |
| John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 pages
...12. Reduce il%|¿° to its lowest terms. Ans. |* 1 3. Simplify -fri-f- as much as possible, Ans. J CASE II. — To reduce a mixed number to an improper...Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fractional part, to the product add the numerator, and place the denominator under the sum, for the... | |
| mrs. Henry Ayres - Arithmetic - 1843 - 470 pages
...lowest terms. 12. Reduce .^f^g to its lowest terms. 13. Reduce .£f to its lowest terms. CASE III. — To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction....the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add in the numerator, and beneath this sum place the denominator, and you will have the fraction... | |
| Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1843 - 254 pages
...dollar per pound, what will 11lb. raisins come to ? Ans. $J PROBLEM VI. To divide a Whole Number by a fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and divide the product by the numerator. EXAMPLES. 1. How many times is f of a dollar contained in... | |
| Arithmetic - 1843 - 142 pages
...Reduce to integers f «-, \±*-, ±tf, -WS *,Y, ^ff*. to mixed numbers YJ ^l^ta?a, YsS "VsS V**II. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the integer by the denominator, taking in the numerator, and place the denominator below it. NOTE. An integer... | |
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