The Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of Numbers, in Connection with Concise Analytic and Synthetic Methods of Solution, and Designed as a Complete Text-book on this Science : for Common Schools and Academies |
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... Multiplication of Fractions , Division of Fractions , Promiscuous Examples , .. Page 104 106 109 114 120 DECIMALS . Decimal Notation and Numeration , 124 Reduction of Decimals , . 129 Addition of Decimals , .... 132 Subtraction of ...
... Multiplication of Fractions , Division of Fractions , Promiscuous Examples , .. Page 104 106 109 114 120 DECIMALS . Decimal Notation and Numeration , 124 Reduction of Decimals , . 129 Addition of Decimals , .... 132 Subtraction of ...
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... MULTIPLICATION . MENTAL EXERCISES . 53. 1. What will 4 pounds of sugar cost , at 8 cents a pound ? ANALYSIS . Four pounds will cost as much as the price , 8 cents taken 4 times ; thus , 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 ... MULTIPLICATION . 41 Multiplication,
... MULTIPLICATION . MENTAL EXERCISES . 53. 1. What will 4 pounds of sugar cost , at 8 cents a pound ? ANALYSIS . Four pounds will cost as much as the price , 8 cents taken 4 times ; thus , 8 + 8 + 8 + 8 ... MULTIPLICATION . 41 Multiplication,
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... multiplication . 58. The Factors are the multiplicand and multiplier . NOTES . 1. Factors are producers , and the multiplicand and mul- tiplier are called factors because they produce the product . 2. Multiplication is a short method of ...
... multiplication . 58. The Factors are the multiplicand and multiplier . NOTES . 1. Factors are producers , and the multiplicand and mul- tiplier are called factors because they produce the product . 2. Multiplication is a short method of ...
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... Multiply 374 by 6 . OPERATION . Multiplicand , Multiplier , Chunds . tens . units . 374 6 24 42 units , tens ... MULTIPLICATION . 43.
... Multiply 374 by 6 . OPERATION . Multiplicand , Multiplier , Chunds . tens . units . 374 6 24 42 units , tens ... MULTIPLICATION . 43.
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... multiplying , learn to pronounce the partial results , as in addition , without naming the numbers separately ; thus , in the last example , instead of saying 6 times 4 are ... Multiply 32746 by 5 . 10. Multiply 840371 by 44 SIMPLE NUMBERS .
... multiplying , learn to pronounce the partial results , as in addition , without naming the numbers separately ; thus , in the last example , instead of saying 6 times 4 are ... Multiply 32746 by 5 . 10. Multiply 840371 by 44 SIMPLE NUMBERS .
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Page 54 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 162 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 304 - Pythagoras' theorem states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
Page 161 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt.) 4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal.) 31| gallons = 1 barrel (bbl...
Page 81 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Numbers prime to each other are such as have no common divisor. NOTE. A common divisor is sometimes called a Common Measure ; and the greatest common divisor, the Greatest Common Measure.
Page 266 - Three numbers may be in proportion when the first is to the second as the second is to the third.
Page 97 - To reduce fractions to their lowest terms. A fraction is in its lowest terms when its numerator and denominator are prime to each other; that is, when both terms have no common divisor. 1. Reduce the fraction -|| to its lowest terms.
Page 242 - TABLE, Showing the amount of $1, or £1, at 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 per cent , compound interest, for any number of years, from 1 to 20.
Page 256 - 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 189 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...