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... expressed by two horizontal marks ; thus 100 cts . = 1 dollar , signifies that 100 cents are equal to one dollar . + ADDITION is denoted by a cross , formed by one horizontal and one perpendicular line , placed between the numbers ; as ...
... expressed by two horizontal marks ; thus 100 cts . = 1 dollar , signifies that 100 cents are equal to one dollar . + ADDITION is denoted by a cross , formed by one horizontal and one perpendicular line , placed between the numbers ; as ...
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... 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 . express two ...
... 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 . express two ...
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... expression of num- bers is very much abridged . The method of writing numbers in characters is called Notation . The two ... expressed by writing the excesses of simple units in place of the cipher ; thus for fourteen we write 14 , for ...
... expression of num- bers is very much abridged . The method of writing numbers in characters is called Notation . The two ... expressed by writing the excesses of simple units in place of the cipher ; thus for fourteen we write 14 , for ...
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... expressed by repeating and varying the position of ten figures . In doing this , we have to consider these figures as having local values , which depend upon their removal from the place of units . These local values are called the ...
... expressed by repeating and varying the position of ten figures . In doing this , we have to consider these figures as having local values , which depend upon their removal from the place of units . These local values are called the ...
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... expressed ? 8. Explain the method of ex- pressing number above one hundred . 9. What constitutes the spoken numeration ? 10. How is the expression of numbers abridged ? 11. What is Notation ? How ma- ny methods are there ? 12. What are ...
... expressed ? 8. Explain the method of ex- pressing number above one hundred . 9. What constitutes the spoken numeration ? 10. How is the expression of numbers abridged ? 11. What is Notation ? How ma- ny methods are there ? 12. What are ...
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3qrs acc't acres Addition amount ANALYSIS answer Arithmetic bush bushels called cash in full ciphers circumference column common denominator common difference common multiple compound interest contains cost cube root cubic decimal denoted diameter divide dividend division dollars dolls DRY MEASURE equal evidently expressed factors Federal Money feet long foot gain gallon given number greatest common divisor Hence hundred hundredths inches last term least common multiple left hand leger lemons length 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.-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 2 - Los números cardinales 0: zero 1: one 2: two 3: three 4: four 5: five 6: six 7: seven 8: eight 9: nine 10: ten 11: eleven 12: twelve 13: thirteen 14: fourteen 15: fifteen 16: sixteen 17: seventeen 18: eighteen 19: nineteen 20: twenty...
Page 82 - 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 62 - RULE. Divide the given amount by the amount of $1 for the given time and rate, and the quotient will be the principal required.
Page 73 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 18 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
Page 164 - EF or his certain attorney, his executors, administrators or assigns, to which payment, well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents ; Sealed with my seal.
Page 167 - I am lawfully seized in fee of the premises ; that they are free of all incumbrances ; that I have good right to sell and convey the same to the said...
Page 118 - RULE. 1. Multiply the number of terms, less 1, by the common difference, and to the product add the first term, the sum is the last term.
Page 42 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees; and each degree into 60 minutes, each minute into 60 seconds, and so on.
Page 115 - 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.