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... denoted by a cross , formed by one horizontal and one perpendicular line , placed between the number ; as 4 + 5 9 , signifying that 4 added to 5 equals 9 . XMultiplcation is denoted by a cross , formed by two oblique lines placed ...
... denoted by a cross , formed by one horizontal and one perpendicular line , placed between the number ; as 4 + 5 9 , signifying that 4 added to 5 equals 9 . XMultiplcation is denoted by a cross , formed by two oblique lines placed ...
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... denote all the numbers from zero to nine inclusive , and are called simple units . To denote numbers larger than nine , two or more of these characters must be used . Ten is written 10 , twenty 2 , thirty 30 , and so on to ninety , 90 ...
... denote all the numbers from zero to nine inclusive , and are called simple units . To denote numbers larger than nine , two or more of these characters must be used . Ten is written 10 , twenty 2 , thirty 30 , and so on to ninety , 90 ...
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... denoted by the figure 4 , which leaves 390. Now joining the ten we borrowed with 6 , we have the minuend , 406 , divided into two parts , which are 390 and 16 . Taking 8 from 16 , the remainder is 8 ; and then we have 390 , or 39 tens ...
... denoted by the figure 4 , which leaves 390. Now joining the ten we borrowed with 6 , we have the minuend , 406 , divided into two parts , which are 390 and 16 . Taking 8 from 16 , the remainder is 8 ; and then we have 390 , or 39 tens ...
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... denote his share of the apples , which would in this case be 4. Or as it would take.6 ap ples to give each boy one , each boy's share will evidently contain as many apples as there are sixes in 24. Now this may be ascertained by sub ...
... denote his share of the apples , which would in this case be 4. Or as it would take.6 ap ples to give each boy one , each boy's share will evidently contain as many apples as there are sixes in 24. Now this may be ascertained by sub ...
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... denoted by writing the 5 over 16 , with a line between , as in the example . Each man's share then will be 209 dollars and 5 sixteenths of a dollar . ( 21 ) The division of any number by another may be denoted by writing the divi- dend ...
... denoted by writing the 5 over 16 , with a line between , as in the example . Each man's share then will be 209 dollars and 5 sixteenths of a dollar . ( 21 ) The division of any number by another may be denoted by writing the divi- dend ...
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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.