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nator being placed under this sum will give the inipropet 

 fraction required. 



EXAMPLES. 



1. Reduce ^-j ^o an improper fraction. 



5 3x7+5 21+5 26 . 

 o-i-zz^ — ^-i-i=z= — -^-^=— the answer, 



7 7 7 7 



2. Reduce a—— to an improper j^^?iction.* 



c 



b aXc — b ac — b - 



fli^— ■— =z=: zn the answer-. 



c c c 



3. Reduce ;v-j — to an improper fraction, '* 



ath- — =:• rr — ! — > the answer. 



4. Reduce 8~ to an improper fraction. Ans. y*» 



5. Reduce i to an improper fraction. 



Ans. 



^ T> 1 ^X + X* ^ . r • * ^;^f> 



0. Reduce a: to an improper fraction, j^ttf ITn^ 



7,(1 • p ^U- 



7. Reduce io-| to an improper fraction. — -~— — ~ 



PROBLEM IV. 

 21? reduce an improper fraction to a nuhole or mixed quantity'. 



RULE. 



Divide the numerator by the denominator for the inte- 

 gral part 5 and place the remainder, if any, over the de- 

 nominator 



