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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... five , V X ten , L C D M one fifty , five hundred , hundred , thousand . one 17. The Roman notation is founded upon five principles , as follows : 1st . Repeating a letter repeats its value . Thus , II repre- sents two , XX twenty , CCC ...
... five , V X ten , L C D M one fifty , five hundred , hundred , thousand . one 17. The Roman notation is founded upon five principles , as follows : 1st . Repeating a letter repeats its value . Thus , II repre- sents two , XX twenty , CCC ...
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... five , and V five thou- sand ; L fifty , and L fifty thousand . I is One . II " Two . III " Three . IV " Four . TABLE OF ROMAN NOTATION . XX is Twenty . XXI " Twenty - one . LX LXX 66 XXX 66 Thirty . XL " Forty . V " Five . L 66 Fifty ...
... five , and V five thou- sand ; L fifty , and L fifty thousand . I is One . II " Two . III " Three . IV " Four . TABLE OF ROMAN NOTATION . XX is Twenty . XXI " Twenty - one . LX LXX 66 XXX 66 Thirty . XL " Forty . V " Five . L 66 Fifty ...
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... Five hundred ninety - four . 9. One thousand five hundred thirty - eight . 10. One thousand nine hundred ten . 11. Express the present year . THE ARABIC NOTATION 18. Employs ten characters or figures to express numbers . Thus , Figures ...
... Five hundred ninety - four . 9. One thousand five hundred thirty - eight . 10. One thousand nine hundred ten . 11. Express the present year . THE ARABIC NOTATION 18. Employs ten characters or figures to express numbers . Thus , Figures ...
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... five six seven eight nine hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , 100 , 200 , 300 , 400 , 500 , 600 , 700 , 800 , 900 . 26. When a number is expressed by three figures , the right hand ...
... five six seven eight nine hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , hundred , 100 , 200 , 300 , 400 , 500 , 600 , 700 , 800 , 900 . 26. When a number is expressed by three figures , the right hand ...
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... five . 2. Write four hundred eighty - three . 3. Write seven hundred sixteen . 4. Express by figures nine hundred . 5. Express by figures two hundred ninety . 6. Write eight hundred nine . 7. Write five hundred five . 8. Write five ...
... five . 2. Write four hundred eighty - three . 3. Write seven hundred sixteen . 4. Express by figures nine hundred . 5. Express by figures two hundred ninety . 6. Write eight hundred nine . 7. Write five hundred five . 8. Write five ...
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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...