 | Daniel Adams - 1839 - 268 pages
...16 dollars, or the whole number. 5 = 12ths contained in the fraction. 197 = Jj^, the answer. Hence, To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction,...the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Griffiths - 1839 - 348 pages
...fraction will be in its lowest terms. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number. Rule. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. Rule. Multiply the whole number by the denominator and add the numerator to the product, under which place the given denominator. To reduce a compound... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 pages
...lowest terms. Arts. A-. 11. Reduce f|f| to its lowest terms. Ans. f. PROBLEM II. To change a Whole or Mixed Number to an Improper Fraction. RULE. Multiply...the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and to the product add the numerator ; this sum written over the denominator will form the fraction... | |
 | 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,...the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator. EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE.... | |
 | 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
...expression to a fraction. Hence we have, §57. 1. CASE II. To change a mixed number to an equivalent fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction; to the product add the numerator; and, under the sum, write the denominator of the fraction, for the... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1842 - 320 pages
...number. This very simple principle is often used, and is embraced in the following rule—multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator, and under the sum place the denominator. 12. When the fractions are very large, it becomes necessary to bring them... | |
 | 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... | |
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To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator. 
