 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1840 - 436 pages
...will be in its lowest terms. Example. Reduce J$ff- to its lowest terms. Thus |fHs=ifH=:&=lW Answer. To reduce an Improper Fraction to a Whole, or Mixed,...Divide the numerator by the denominator, the quotient will be the whole number, and the remainder (if any) the numerator of the fraction, having the divisor... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - Arithmetic - 1840 - 316 pages
...shall be 9. Ans. V2. 12. Reduce 16 to a fraction whose denominator shall be 12. Ans. Iff. CASE 3d. — To REDUCE AN IMPROPER FRACTION TO A WHOLE OR MIXED...Divide the numerator by the denominator; the quotient wilt be the whole number. If there be any remainder, place it over the denominator at the right of... | |
 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1840 - 278 pages
...(= the number of Ans. 6£ oranges. parts in 1 orange,) will give the number of whole oranges. Hence, To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed...Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE. 5. A man, spending £ of a dollar a day,... | |
 | Richard W. Green - Arithmetic - 1840 - 300 pages
...87ths ? Ans. i-Vr117. In 327j| of a hogshead, how many j'j of a hogsJiead ? 4ns. lili. *• CASE III. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed...RULE — Divide the numerator by the denominator. 1. In -9j7-, how many whole ones ? There are as many whole ones as there are collections of 4 4 )97... | |
 | William Ruger - Arithmetic - 1841 - 268 pages
...improper or equivalent fraction. Ans. -Hf* 6. Reduce 89 1 to an improper fraction. Ans. ^f*. CASE III. — To reduce an improper fraction, to a whole or mixed...RULE. — Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quoient will be the answer sought in a whole or mixed number. EXAMPLES. 1; Reducer1!^ to a... | |
 | Commissioners of National Education in Ireland - 1842 - 160 pages
...divided by the same number. VULGAR FRACTIONS. REDUCTION. Case I. — To change an improper fraction into a whole or mixed number. RULE — Divide the numerator by the denominator, and if there be any remainder write the denominator under it in the form of a fraction. EXAMPLE —... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...of a dollar a yard, how many yards of cloth may be bought for 6181 dollars? A. 4,947 yards. CASE IV. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number. RULE. 1. Divide the numerator by the denominator. LIII. 15. 2. A man by saving -iV of a dollar a day, saved... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1843 - 142 pages
...or lessening the numerator. Upon this principle all the following rules are founded. REDUCTION. I. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed...remainder, with the divisor below it, is the fraction. Reduce to integers f «-, \±*-, ±tf, -WS *,Y, ^ff*. to mixed numbers YJ ^l^ta?a, YsS "VsS V**II.... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1843 - 254 pages
...fraction is equal to 148T^ ? Ans. 12. What improper fraction is equal to 225f ? PROBLEM III. To change an Improper Fraction to a Whole or Mixed Number. RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the value of the fraction. EXAMPLES. 1.. In 4^ of a dollar, how many dollars... | |
 | Charles DAVIES (LL.D.) - Arithmetic - 1843 - 348 pages
...? Is two-fourths ? Is threeibunhs ? CASE I. § 80. To reduce an improper fraction to its equivalent whole or mixed number. RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, the quotient will 1)6 the whole number ; and the remainder, if there be one, placed over the given denominator will... | |
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To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number, — RULE : Divide the numerator by the denominator ; the quotient will be the whole or mixed number. 
