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... Reduction ascending and descending are arranged in parallel columns and the answers to the questions of one column are found in the corresponding questions of the other . Compound multipli- cation and division are arranged in the same ...
... Reduction ascending and descending are arranged in parallel columns and the answers to the questions of one column are found in the corresponding questions of the other . Compound multipli- cation and division are arranged in the same ...
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... Reduction Reduction of Decimals Extraction of Square Root 109 66 of Cube Root 113 66 of Roots in general 116 SECT . 9 .-- Miscellaneous rulesi 18 Arithmetical Progression 118 Geometrical Progression 120 Duodecimals Involution Evolution ...
... Reduction Reduction of Decimals Extraction of Square Root 109 66 of Cube Root 113 66 of Roots in general 116 SECT . 9 .-- Miscellaneous rulesi 18 Arithmetical Progression 118 Geometrical Progression 120 Duodecimals Involution Evolution ...
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... reduces it to tenths , and dividing 20 tenths by 4 , the quotient is 0.5 ; each man will , therefore , receive 4.5 bushels . Hence by annexing ciphers to the remainder of a division , the opera- tion may be continued , and in pointing ...
... reduces it to tenths , and dividing 20 tenths by 4 , the quotient is 0.5 ; each man will , therefore , receive 4.5 bushels . Hence by annexing ciphers to the remainder of a division , the opera- tion may be continued , and in pointing ...
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... called , is now pretty generally laid aside , and 25 pounds are considered a quart and 4 quarters , or 100 pounds , a hundred weight , 16 drams make 1 ounce , oz . 16 ounces 137 . 39 . ARITHMETICAL TABLES . Fractions Reduced 96.
... called , is now pretty generally laid aside , and 25 pounds are considered a quart and 4 quarters , or 100 pounds , a hundred weight , 16 drams make 1 ounce , oz . 16 ounces 137 . 39 . ARITHMETICAL TABLES . Fractions Reduced 96.
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... in measuring the length of clock pendulums . Hands are used in measuring the height of horses , and fathoms in measuring depths at sea .. 1. REDUCTION . 138. Reduction is the method of changing ARITHMETICAL TABLES . 137 .
... in measuring the length of clock pendulums . Hands are used in measuring the height of horses , and fathoms in measuring depths at sea .. 1. REDUCTION . 138. Reduction is the method of changing ARITHMETICAL TABLES . 137 .
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acc't acres Addition amount ANALYSIS answer bush bushels called cash in full ciphers circumference column common denominator common difference compound interest contains cost cube root cubic decimal denoted diameter divide dividend division dollars dolls DRY MEASURE equal expressed factors Federal Money feet long foot gain gallon given number given to find greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths inches last term least common multiple left hand leger lemons length man's share measure merator method miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand multiply number of terms payment pence pound present worth principal proportion quantity quarts QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE quotient ratio Reduce remainder right hand rods RULE RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shillings side Simon Pond simple square root subtract subtrahend supposed tens tenths tion Troy weight units velocity vulgar fraction weight whole number write
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Page 76 - Multiply each payment by its term of credit, and divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments ; the quotient will be the average term of credit.
Page 109 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 97 - Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 74 - Is when the several shares of stock are continued in trade an equal term of time. RULE. As the whole stock is to the whole gain or loss : so is each man's particular stock, to his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 105 - Subtract the square number from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend. III. Double the root already found for a divisor ; seek how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend...
Page 67 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 68 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 120 - RULE. Multiply all the terms of the natural series of numbers, from 1 up to the given number, continually together, and the last product will be the answer required. ExAMPLEs.
Page 89 - Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.