 | School board readers - 1872 - 328 σελίδες
...and calling what is left the numerator of the fractional part. Again, a mixed number can be brought to an improper fraction by multiplying the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and adding the numerator of the fraction, the answer being the numerator of the fraction.... | |
 | Lewis Sergeant - 1873 - 182 σελίδες
...thirds, &c.; and so forth. Thus, 2 = |-; therefore 2£ = £;12-J(= -'-g-*7+'5) = »•?. 21. Hence, a mixed number may be reduced to an improper fraction,...by multiplying the whole number by the denominator, adding in the numerator, and setting down this sum as a new numerator over the original denominator.... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - 1888 - 402 σελίδες
...*. *;Y;¥- 5- Y;V;¥- 5.#;«;«. *.!;¥;¥. e-Vj^jY- ». i*; 18; It326. A whole or mixed number is reduced to an improper fraction by multiplying the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and adding the numerator, if any, to the product. The product is written over the... | |
 | George Washington Hull - 1896 - 152 σελίδες
...improper fraction, by what do we multiply the whole number? What do we add to the product? NOTE. — A mixed number may be reduced to an improper fraction...by multiplying the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, adding the numerator to the product, and placing the result over the denominator.... | |
 | James William Nicholson - 1910 - 248 σελίδες
...1° 10 fifths; and 10 fifths + 3 fifths = 13 * 2 +3 An». 1$-. fifths, or if. 10 13 A mixed number is reduced to an improper fraction by multiplying the whole number by the denominator of the fraction. adding the numerator to the product, and writing the sum over the denominator. Reduce... | |
 | Joseph Woodwell Ledwidge Hale - 1915 - 230 σελίδες
...Numbers. — A mixed number, composed of a whole number and a fraction as 2^ in. 3^ miles, 4J^ tons, etc., may be reduced to an improper fraction by multiplying the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, adding to the product the numerator of the fraction, and writing this sum above the... | |
 | Robert Burdette Dale - 1915 - 260 σελίδες
...8. The result is an improper fraction, ^. 16. Changing Mixed Numbers. A mixed number can be changed to an improper fraction by multiplying the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, adding to this the numerator of the fraction and placing the sum over the denominator.... | |
 | 1918 - 840 σελίδες
...a fraction. Example: Reduce -3¥3 to a whole or mixed number. 33^8 = 4J. A whole or mixed number is reduced to an improper fraction by multiplying the whole number by the denominator and adding to this product the numerator, if there be any, which is written over the denominator as the numerator... | |
 | Ralph S. Newcomb - 1926 - 384 σελίδες
...halves and other fractions of this type, he may be told, if he has not already discovered the fact, that a mixed number may be reduced to an improper fraction...by multiplying the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, adding this to the numerator of the fraction, and placing the result over the denominator... | |
 | Brian Burrell - 1998 - 386 σελίδες
...remainder, and it is expressed as a fraction using the original denominator. A mixed number can be converted to an improper fraction by multiplying the whole number by the denominator, and then adding the numerator to generate a new numerator. The denominator remains the same. 2 (3X5) +... | |
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A mixed number may be converted to an improper fraction by multiplying the whole number by the denominator and adding the numerator to the product obtained. 
