 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1844 - 356 pages
...by the 2nd method. Ans. 4. CASE IV. § 9S. To reduce a whole number to an equivalent fraction having a given denominator. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and set the product over the said denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 6 to a fraction whose denominator shall... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1846 - 362 pages
...by the 2nd method. Ans. » CASE IV. § 92. To reduce a whole number to an equivalent fraction having a given denominator. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and set the product over the said denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce 6 to a fraction whose denominator shall... | |
 | mrs. Henry Ayres - 1846 - 400 pages
...-=-^ of -f- of 37 to a simple fraction. 1J7 TS CASE VII. — To reduce a whole number to a fraction of a given denominator. Rule. — Multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and the product will be the numerator required. Examples. 45. Reduce 12 to an improper fraction, having... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1849 - 336 pages
...written |. 2. To reduce a whole number to a fraction of the same value, having a gixen denominator, we multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and make the product the numerator; thus 5, reduced to a fraction, having 3 for a denominator, becomes y. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. In... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1851 - 332 pages
...written i. 2. To reduce a whole number to a fraction of the same value, having a giten denominator, we multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and make the product the numerator ; thus 5, reduced to a fraction, having 3 for a denominator, becomes i5. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2.... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1851 - 346 pages
...that is, 20 feet and £ or i of a foot. To reduce a Whole Number to an equivalent Fraction liaving a given Denominator. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and set the product over the said denominator. EXAMPLE.— Reduce 8 to a fraction whose denominator shall... | |
 | Oliver Byrne - Engineering - 1851 - 310 pages
...17)749(44jV 6'8' 69" So that W = 44jV 68 T To reduce a whole number to an equivalent fraction, having a given denominator. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the given denominator, then set the product over the said denominator, and it will form the fraction required. Reduce 9 to... | |
 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1853 - 264 pages
...12J- to improper fractions. = J3-. Ans. 12 To reduce a whole number to an equivalent fraction having a given denominator. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and place the said denominator under the product. EXAMPLE. — How may 8 be converted into a fraction whose... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1854 - 342 pages
...written ». 2. To reduce a whole number to a fraction of the same value, having a given denominator, we multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and make the product the numerator ; thus 5, reduced to a fraction, having 3 for a denominator, becomes y. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 2. In... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1857 - 336 pages
...NOTE. — To reduce a whole number to a fraction of the same value, having a given denominator, we multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and make the product the numerator ; thus, 6, reduced to a fraction, having 3 for a denominator, becomes J^5-. EXAMPLES FOB PRACTICE.... | |
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To reduce a whole number to an equivalent fraction, having a given denominator. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the given denominator, and place the product over the said denominator, and it will form the fraction required. 
