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... added are called addends . The symbol , is the sign of addition ; and is called plus . When it is placed between quantities it denotes that they are to be added . Thus , 4 + 14 [ CHAP . II ADDITION .
... added are called addends . The symbol , is the sign of addition ; and is called plus . When it is placed between quantities it denotes that they are to be added . Thus , 4 + 14 [ CHAP . II ADDITION .
Page 15
... added ; and is read , four pus two . The symbol , means equal to , and when placed between two quantities it denotes that they are equal to each other . Thus , 4 + 2 = 6 , is read 4 plus 2 , or 4 added to 2 is equa to 6 . CASE I. ART ...
... added ; and is read , four pus two . The symbol , means equal to , and when placed between two quantities it denotes that they are equal to each other . Thus , 4 + 2 = 6 , is read 4 plus 2 , or 4 added to 2 is equa to 6 . CASE I. ART ...
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... added as directed in rule under Art . 26 . 2. Beginning at the right , add up each column of figures separately , and under each place its amount , if less than ten . But , if the amount is ten or more than ten , set down the right hand ...
... added as directed in rule under Art . 26 . 2. Beginning at the right , add up each column of figures separately , and under each place its amount , if less than ten . But , if the amount is ten or more than ten , set down the right hand ...
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... added , as above directed , begin at the units ' column and add thus : 7 and 6 are 13 , and 1 are 14 , and 8 are 22 , and 6 are 28 , and 6 are 34 units , equal to 3 tens and 4 units ; - place the 4 units under the units ' column , and ...
... added , as above directed , begin at the units ' column and add thus : 7 and 6 are 13 , and 1 are 14 , and 8 are 22 , and 6 are 28 , and 6 are 34 units , equal to 3 tens and 4 units ; - place the 4 units under the units ' column , and ...
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... adding it to the 1 unit causes the minuend to assume the 4th form , from which we are now pre- pared to take the ... adding 10 to the upper figure when it is smaller than the one below it , and carrying or adding 1 to the next figure of ...
... adding it to the 1 unit causes the minuend to assume the 4th form , from which we are now pre- pared to take the ... adding 10 to the upper figure when it is smaller than the one below it , and carrying or adding 1 to the next figure of ...
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amount annex arithmetical Arithmetical Progression barrels of flour bush bushels called cents a pound ciphers column common fraction contained cords cost cube root cubic feet currency decimal fraction DENOMINATE NUMBERS diameter Divide dividend division dollars DUODECIMALS equal the number equivalent fractions expressed farm figure frac gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence hhds hogshead horse hundred improper fraction inches least common denominator least common multiple length lowest terms merchant bought miles minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply number of days OPERATION oxen paid pence piece prime factors propositions quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder rods Rule under Art sheep side simple fraction sold solid square feet square root subtract subtrahend tens third tion trial divisor units weight whole number width worth
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Page 192 - If the payment be less than the Interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal ; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due...
Page 85 - TIME 60 seconds (sec.) = 1 minute (min.) 60 minutes = 1 hour (hr.) 24 hours = 1 day...
Page 79 - Weight is used in weighing groceries ana all coarse articles ; as, sugar, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, flour, hay; &c., and all metals except gold and silver. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, marked oz. 16 ounces " 1 pound, " Ib. 25 pounds " 1 quarter, " qr. 4 quarters, or 100 Ibs. " 1 hundred weight, " cwt. 20 hundred weight " 1 ton,
Page 6 - Romans, employs in expressing numbers seven capital letters, viz. : I for one ; V for five ; X for ten ; L for fifty ; C for one hundred ; D for five hundred ; M for one thousand.
Page 189 - Given the principal, the time, and the interest, to find the rate per cent. RULE. Divide the given interest by the interest of the given principal, for the given time, at one per cent.
Page 63 - Place the sum down as in the last example, then mark off from the right of the dividend as many figures as there are ciphers in the divisor...
Page 117 - RULE. — Multiply all the numerators together for a new numerator, and all the denominators for a new denominator ; then reduce the new fraction to its lowest terms.
Page 277 - A person looking on his watch, was asked, what was the time of the .day ; he answered, it is between 4 and 5 ; but A more particular answer being required, he said, that the hour and minute hands were then exactly together.
Page 192 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 233 - Multiply the last term by the ratio, from the product subtract the first term, and divide the remainder by the ratio, less 1; the quotient will be the sum of the series required.