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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... Prime Numbers , Factoring Numbers ,. Cancellation , Greatest Common Divisor ,. Multiples , Classification of Numbers , 75 75 77 81 87 92 COMMON FRACTIONS . Definitions , & c . , ...... Reduction of Fractions , .. General Principles of ...
... Prime Numbers , Factoring Numbers ,. Cancellation , Greatest Common Divisor ,. Multiples , Classification of Numbers , 75 75 77 81 87 92 COMMON FRACTIONS . Definitions , & c . , ...... Reduction of Fractions , .. General Principles of ...
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... PRIME NUMBERS . 90. A Prime Number is one that can not be resolved or separated into two or more integral factors . For reference , and to aid in determining the prime factors of composite numbers , we give the following : - TABLE OF PRIME ...
... PRIME NUMBERS . 90. A Prime Number is one that can not be resolved or separated into two or more integral factors . For reference , and to aid in determining the prime factors of composite numbers , we give the following : - TABLE OF PRIME ...
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... prime factor , and the result by 2 ; this gives an odd number for a quotient , divisible by the prime factor , 3 , and the quotient resulting from this division is also divisible by 3. The next quotient , 77 , we divide by its least ...
... prime factor , and the result by 2 ; this gives an odd number for a quotient , divisible by the prime factor , 3 , and the quotient resulting from this division is also divisible by 3. The next quotient , 77 , we divide by its least ...
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... 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 . CASE I. 98. When the numbers are readily factored ...
... 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 . CASE I. 98. When the numbers are readily factored ...
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... prime to each other . Hence 3 and 7 are all the component factors of the greatest common divisor sought . 3. What is the greatest common divisor of 28 , 140 , and 280 ? OPERATION . 4 28 .. 140..280 7 .. 35 .. 70 1 .. 5 .. 10 4 X 728 ...
... prime to each other . Hence 3 and 7 are all the component factors of the greatest common divisor sought . 3. What is the greatest common divisor of 28 , 140 , and 280 ? OPERATION . 4 28 .. 140..280 7 .. 35 .. 70 1 .. 5 .. 10 4 X 728 ...
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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...