REDUCTION OF VULGAR FRACTIONS. 6| 



2. Reduce ^V to its least terms. Ans. ^. 



3. Reduce -~-|- to its lowest terms. Ans. -|.. 



4. Bring |^ to its lowest terms. Ans. |-i. 



5. Reduce y|-^ to its least terms. Ans. ■^. 



6. Reduce f-^ to its least terms. Ans. \, 



7. Reduce y-f-fl- to its lowest terms. Ans. -|.. 



8. Abbreviate j^rr^V^ ^^ much as possible. 



CASE II. 



To reduce a mixed number to its equivalent improper fraction. 



RULE.* 



Multiply the wbole number by the denominator of the 

 fraction, and add the numerator to the product, then that 

 sum written above the denominator will form the fraction 

 required. 



EXAMPLES. 



* All fractions represent a division of the numerator by the de^ 

 nominator, and are taken altogether as proper and adequate ex- 

 pressions for the quotient. Thus the quotient of 2 divided by 5 

 is f ; from whence the rule is manifest ; for if any number Is mul-* 

 tiplicd and divided by the same number, it pj crideat the quotieot 

 must be the same as the quantity first giyeo^ 

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