Introduction to The National Arithmetic: On the Inductive System Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods in which the Principles of the Science are Fully Explained and Illustrated : Designed for Common Schools and Academies |
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... RULE . — Cut off the ciphers from the divisor , and the same number of figures from the right hand of the dividend . Then divide the re- maining figures of the dividend by the remaining figures of the divisor , and the result will be the ...
... RULE . — Cut off the ciphers from the divisor , and the same number of figures from the right hand of the dividend . Then divide the re- maining figures of the dividend by the remaining figures of the divisor , and the result will be the ...
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... there will be as 208.562500 many hundredths of a penny as of a farthing ... dividend on the LEFT hand , place such a number for a divisor as will bring it to the next superior denomination , and draw a line between them . 2. Begin to divide ...
... there will be as 208.562500 many hundredths of a penny as of a farthing ... dividend on the LEFT hand , place such a number for a divisor as will bring it to the next superior denomination , and draw a line between them . 2. Begin to divide ...
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... figures of which the root will consist . 2. Find the greatest square number in the first or left hand period , placing the root of it at the right ... dividend . 3. Place the double of the root already found on the left hand of the dividend ...
... figures of which the root will consist . 2. Find the greatest square number in the first or left hand period , placing the root of it at the right ... dividend . 3. Place the double of the root already found on the left hand of the dividend ...
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acres of land amount annexing answer barrels of flour Bought bushels cancel cents per pound ciphers circumference common difference composite number compound number containing cost cube root currency decimal fractions denoted diameter discount Divide the product dividend division dollars equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE farthings find the interest frac gain gallons Give the reason given number greatest common divisor hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction inches interest of $1 least common multiple leaves less lower denomination lowest terms measure miles mills minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms obtain order or place paid payment pence prime factors proof purchase quantity quarts QUESTIONS quotient rate per cent ratio received remainder rule for finding shillings simple fraction sold solid square rods square root subtract subtrahend thousand thousandths tion tons United States money vulgar fraction weight whole number write
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