 | Pliny Earle Chase - Arithmetic - 1844 - 246 pages
...since 2 = ?|, 2T5'-=2?-f- T5f=ff. A compound fraction may be reduced to a simple one, by multiplying all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. Thus, | of s— if. For \ of ^ = ^f, because, if we suppose a unit divided into... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 164 pages
...for a denominator ; as, 17, VA compound fraction may be reduced to a simple fraction, by multiplying all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator, as in Mental Arithmetic, Sect. XX. A fraction may be reduced to a decimal, by... | |
 | Pliny Earle Chase - 1844 - 258 pages
...since 2= *'J, 2r3 r= \ -r + T5r=f \. A compound fraction may be reduced to a simple one, by multiplying all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator. Thus, | of |= JJ. For | of ^ = ^, because, if we suppose a unit divided into... | |
 | James H. Porter - Arithmetic - 1845 - 254 pages
...rules in common arithmetic. First, We are required to reduce compound fractions to simple ones. Rule, Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator,...all the denominators together for a new denominator ; then reduce all of these to their lowest terms. Reduce £ of f of -f- of -5*5- to a simple fraction.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1845 - 310 pages
...numbers to improper fractions, and place a unit under whole numbers to put them in a fractional form. Then, multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators fur a new denominator, and reduce to its lowest terms. But, skillful operators reduce by canceling,... | |
 | William Watson (of Beverley.) - 1845 - 188 pages
...100|i to an improper fraction. Ans. 3-f£'. To reduce a compound fraction to a single one. RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator ; then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms. EXAMPLE. J . Reduce f of... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 710 pages
...equivalent proper or improper fractions. II. Multiply each numerator by all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce J, f, -f to fractions having the same or a com mon denominator. 1 X 4X 3=12, numerator... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 300 pages
...equivalent proper or improper fractions. II. Multiply each numerator by all the denominators except its own for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce £, |, -| to fractions having the same or a com mon denominator. 1 X 4X 3=12, numerator... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1846 - 258 pages
...Invert the denominations between the given denomination, and the one to which you would reduce it ; then multiply all the numerators together for a new...all the denominators together for a new denominator. Questions. — 1. How do you reduce fractions of a higher denomination to that of a lower, retaining... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1846 - 354 pages
...numerators together and the two denominators. Hence, 123. To reduce compound fractions to simple ones. Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator,...all the denominators together for a new denominator. 46. Reduce $ of £ of f to a simple fraction. Ans. ^4,or52T. 47. Reduce \ of \% of ^ to a simple fraction.... | |
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Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator. 
