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... 144 | Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year one thousand sight hundred and twenty eight , by ZADOCK THOMPSON , in the Clerk's Office of the District of Vermont . WHEN the improved edition of this work was published ,
... 144 | Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year one thousand sight hundred and twenty eight , by ZADOCK THOMPSON , in the Clerk's Office of the District of Vermont . WHEN the improved edition of this work was published ,
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... hundred are all treated decimally , that method being most simple and conformable to the notation of our currency . The nature and principles of propor- tion are fully developed and the method of applying them to the solution of ...
... hundred are all treated decimally , that method being most simple and conformable to the notation of our currency . The nature and principles of propor- tion are fully developed and the method of applying them to the solution of ...
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... hundreds , are expressed by placing before them the names of the units ; as , one hundred , two hundred , and so on to nine hundred . The intermediate numbers are formed by joining to the hundreds the collections of tens and units . Το ...
... hundreds , are expressed by placing before them the names of the units ; as , one hundred , two hundred , and so on to nine hundred . The intermediate numbers are formed by joining to the hundreds the collections of tens and units . Το ...
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... hundred forty - six . The collections of ten hundreds are called thousands , which take their names from the collec tions of units , tens and hundreds , as , one thousand , two thou sand , ten thousand , twenty thousand , one hundred ...
... hundred forty - six . The collections of ten hundreds are called thousands , which take their names from the collec tions of units , tens and hundreds , as , one thousand , two thou sand , ten thousand , twenty thousand , one hundred ...
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... hundred , is written , 100 , two hundred , 200 , and so on to nine hundred , 900 , and the intermediate numbers are ex- pressed by writing the excesses of tens and units in the tens ' and units ' places , instead of the ciphers . Two ...
... hundred , is written , 100 , two hundred , 200 , and so on to nine hundred , 900 , and the intermediate numbers are ex- pressed by writing the excesses of tens and units in the tens ' and units ' places , instead of the ciphers . Two ...
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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.