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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... period with facility . 30. Next above hundreds of thousands we have , succes- sively , units , tens , and hundreds ... period . period . period . period . period . period . period . period . period . How may figures be pointed off ? One ...
... period with facility . 30. Next above hundreds of thousands we have , succes- sively , units , tens , and hundreds ... period . period . period . period . period . period . period . period . period . How may figures be pointed off ? One ...
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... period . II . Write the hundreds , tens , and units of each successive period in their order , placing a cipher wherever an order of units is omitted . RULE FOR NUMERATION . I. Separate the number into periods of three figures each ...
... period . II . Write the hundreds , tens , and units of each successive period in their order , placing a cipher wherever an order of units is omitted . RULE FOR NUMERATION . I. Separate the number into periods of three figures each ...
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... place at the right is thousandths ; and so on . What are decimal fractions ? How do they differ from common fractions ? How are they written ? The Decimal Point is a period ( . ) , 124 DECIMALS . DECIMALS Decimal Notation and Numeration,
... place at the right is thousandths ; and so on . What are decimal fractions ? How do they differ from common fractions ? How are they written ? The Decimal Point is a period ( . ) , 124 DECIMALS . DECIMALS Decimal Notation and Numeration,
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... period ( . ) , which must always be placed before or at the left hand of the decimal . Thus , 54 100 is expressed .6 66 66 .54 279 66 1000 66 .279 NOTE . The decimal point is also called the Separatrix . This is a correct name for it ...
... period ( . ) , which must always be placed before or at the left hand of the decimal . Thus , 54 100 is expressed .6 66 66 .54 279 66 1000 66 .279 NOTE . The decimal point is also called the Separatrix . This is a correct name for it ...
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... periods of duration , as years , days , minutes , & c . TABLE . 60 seconds ( sec . ) make 1 minute , .min . 60 minutes 66 1 hour ,. h . 24 hours 66 1 day , ..da . 7 days 66 1 week ,. wk . 365 days 66 1 common year ,. . . yr . 366 days ...
... periods of duration , as years , days , minutes , & c . TABLE . 60 seconds ( sec . ) make 1 minute , .min . 60 minutes 66 1 hour ,. h . 24 hours 66 1 day , ..da . 7 days 66 1 week ,. wk . 365 days 66 1 common year ,. . . yr . 366 days ...
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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...