 | Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1838 - 276 pages
...dollars, or the whole number. 5 = 12ths contained in ihe fraction. 197 = .ir^., 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.... | |
 | Michael Walsh - Arithmetic - 1838 - 346 pages
...192 24 3 1 = — = — = — the answer. 576 72 9 3 3. Reduce £f£ to its lowest terms. Ans. f . II. To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole numbers by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator for a new numerator,... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1838 - 292 pages
..., 9^%f,to their whole or mixed numbers. CASE II. §i 9O. To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent improper fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction ; to the product add the numerator, and place the sum over the given denominator. EXAMPLES. 1. Reduce... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 194 pages
...-f. 5. In 13 feet, how many -' of a foot? Ans. ^ 6 . III. To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator, and the sum will form the numerator of the fraction required. 1 . What fraction... | |
 | George Willson - Arithmetic - 1838 - 194 pages
...Ans. "/. 5. In 13 feet, how many ^ of a foot? Ans. ^ 6 III. To reduce a mixed number to an equivalent fraction. RULE. Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, add the numerator, and the sum will form the numerator of the fraction required. 1 . What fraction... | |
 | 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
...per pound, what will 1 1 11». raisins come to ? Aim. $|. 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 | of a dollar contained in $9 ?... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | William Foster - 1840 - 92 pages
....-. The greatest common measure is x+b, . 26J + 2U5 26 and — ; — rr— = — т. j*_¿s i— 6' 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... | |
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To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator. 
