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... method of applying these principles to the solution of questions is then ex- pressed in general terms , forming a ... method being most simple and conformable to the no- tation of our currency . The nature and principles of proportion ...
... method of applying these principles to the solution of questions is then ex- pressed in general terms , forming a ... method being most simple and conformable to the no- tation of our currency . The nature and principles of proportion ...
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... method of combin- ing a very few names , so as to give an almost infinite variety of distinct expressions . These names , with a few excep- tions , are derived from the names of the nine first numbers , and from the names given to the ...
... method of combin- ing a very few names , so as to give an almost infinite variety of distinct expressions . These names , with a few excep- tions , are derived from the names of the nine first numbers , and from the names given to the ...
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... method of writing numbers in characters is called Notation . The two methods of nota- tion , which have been most extensively used , are the Roman and the Arabic . * The Roman numerals are the seven follow- ing letters of the alphabet ...
... method of writing numbers in characters is called Notation . The two methods of nota- tion , which have been most extensively used , are the Roman and the Arabic . * The Roman numerals are the seven follow- ing letters of the alphabet ...
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... methods agree for the nine first places ; but beyond this , the places take different names . Five billions , for example , in the former method , is read five thousand millions in the latter . The principles of notation are ...
... methods agree for the nine first places ; but beyond this , the places take different names . Five billions , for example , in the former method , is read five thousand millions in the latter . The principles of notation are ...
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... 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 the Roman numer- als ? 13 ...
... 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 the Roman numer- als ? 13 ...
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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.