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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... 119 20 12 + 8 = 20 129 21 9 + 10 = 19 10 + 10 = 20 11 + 10 = 21 9 + 11 = 20 10 + 11 = 21 9 + 12 = 21 12 + 10 = 22 11 + 11 = 22 10 + 12 = 22 11 + 12 = 23 12 + 11 = 23 12 + 12 = 24 CASE I. 40. When the amount of each column is ADDITION . 23.
... 119 20 12 + 8 = 20 129 21 9 + 10 = 19 10 + 10 = 20 11 + 10 = 21 9 + 11 = 20 10 + 11 = 21 9 + 12 = 21 12 + 10 = 22 11 + 11 = 22 10 + 12 = 22 11 + 12 = 23 12 + 11 = 23 12 + 12 = 24 CASE I. 40. When the amount of each column is ADDITION . 23.
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... column . We then add the columns separately , for convenience commencing at the right hand , and write each result under the column added . Thus , we have 5 and 2 and 2 are 9 , the sum of the units ; 2 and 6 are 8 , the sum of the tens ...
... column . We then add the columns separately , for convenience commencing at the right hand , and write each result under the column added . Thus , we have 5 and 2 and 2 are 9 , the sum of the units ; 2 and 6 are 8 , the sum of the tens ...
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... column of units , and find the sum to be 17 units , which is 1 ten and 7 units . We write the 7 units in the place of units , and the 1 ten in the place of tens . The sum of the figures in the column of tens is 15 tens , which is 1 ...
... column of units , and find the sum to be 17 units , which is 1 ten and 7 units . We write the 7 units in the place of units , and the 1 ten in the place of tens . The sum of the figures in the column of tens is 15 tens , which is 1 ...
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... column . IV . Write the entire sum of the last column . PROOF . 1st . Begin with the right hand or unit column , and add the figures in each column in an opposite direction from that in which they were first added ; if the two results ...
... column . IV . Write the entire sum of the last column . PROOF . 1st . Begin with the right hand or unit column , and add the figures in each column in an opposite direction from that in which they were first added ; if the two results ...
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... columns ; that is , units under units , tenths under tenths , hundredths under hundredths , & c . This brings the decimal points directly under each other . Commencing at the right hand , we add each column separately , and carry as in ...
... columns ; that is , units under units , tenths under tenths , hundredths under hundredths , & c . This brings the decimal points directly under each other . Commencing at the right hand , we add each column separately , and carry as in ...
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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.
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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.
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