The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic: Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
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... less than ten , write it below the line at the foot of the column ; if it be ten , or an exact number of tens , write a cipher , and carry the tens to the next column ; or if it be more than ten , and not an exact number of tens , write ...
... less than ten , write it below the line at the foot of the column ; if it be ten , or an exact number of tens , write a cipher , and carry the tens to the next column ; or if it be more than ten , and not an exact number of tens , write ...
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... less the subtrahend , and the difference between them the remainder . RULE . 99. Write the least number under the greater , with units under units , and tens under tens , and so on , and draw a line below . Beginning at the right hand ...
... less the subtrahend , and the difference between them the remainder . RULE . 99. Write the least number under the greater , with units under units , and tens under tens , and so on , and draw a line below . Beginning at the right hand ...
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... less than the divisor , there can be no tens in the quotient . We therefore put a cipher in the ten's place in the quotient , and bring down the 9 units of the dividend to the 14 tens , making 149 units , which contain 16 somewhat more ...
... less than the divisor , there can be no tens in the quotient . We therefore put a cipher in the ten's place in the quotient , and bring down the 9 units of the dividend to the 14 tens , making 149 units , which contain 16 somewhat more ...
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... less than 4 times , and by making trial of 4 , we find that we cannot have a larger number than that in the ten's place of the quotient , because the remainder , 44 , is less than 56 , the divisor . In multiplying ivisor by the quotient ...
... less than 4 times , and by making trial of 4 , we find that we cannot have a larger number than that in the ten's place of the quotient , because the remainder , 44 , is less than 56 , the divisor . In multiplying ivisor by the quotient ...
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... less than the divisor , place a pher in the quotient , and bring down another figure . [ 103 ] Should it still be too small , write another cipher in the quotient , and bring down another figure , and so on till the number shall contain ...
... less than the divisor , place a pher in the quotient , and bring down another figure . [ 103 ] Should it still be too small , write another cipher in the quotient , and bring down another figure , and so on till the number shall contain ...
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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
Popular passages
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.