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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... Quotient is the result obtained by the process of division , and shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend . NOTES . 1. When the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times , the part of the ...
... Quotient is the result obtained by the process of division , and shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend . NOTES . 1. When the dividend does not contain the divisor an exact number of times , the part of the ...
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... Quotient , 212 ANALYSIS . After writing the divisor on the left of the dividend , with a line between them , we ... quotient ; then 4 is contained in 4 tens 1 ten times , and write the 1 in tens ' place in the quotient ; then 4 is ...
... Quotient , 212 ANALYSIS . After writing the divisor on the left of the dividend , with a line between them , we ... quotient ; then 4 is contained in 4 tens 1 ten times , and write the 1 in tens ' place in the quotient ; then 4 is ...
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... quotient ; then 4 is contained in 8 tens 2 tens times , which we write in tens ' place in the quotient ; and 4 is con- tained in 4 units 1 unit time , which we write in units ' place in the quotient , and we have the entire quotient ...
... quotient ; then 4 is contained in 8 tens 2 tens times , which we write in tens ' place in the quotient ; and 4 is con- tained in 4 units 1 unit time , which we write in units ' place in the quotient , and we have the entire quotient ...
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... quotient , and prefix the num- ber to the figure of the next lower order in the dividend , and divide as before . V. If there be a remainder after dividing the last figure , place it over the divisor at the right hand of the quotient ...
... quotient , and prefix the num- ber to the figure of the next lower order in the dividend , and divide as before . V. If there be a remainder after dividing the last figure , place it over the divisor at the right hand of the quotient ...
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... Quotients . 620491 . 4407222 . 49655977 . 2514968 . 10282967 . Quotients . Rem . 13. Divide 7341568 by 7 . 14. Divide 3179632 by 5 . 15. Divide 19038716 by 8 . 16. Divide 84201763 by 9 . 17. Divide 2947691 by 12 . 18. Divide 42084796 by ...
... Quotients . 620491 . 4407222 . 49655977 . 2514968 . 10282967 . Quotients . Rem . 13. Divide 7341568 by 7 . 14. Divide 3179632 by 5 . 15. Divide 19038716 by 8 . 16. Divide 84201763 by 9 . 17. Divide 2947691 by 12 . 18. Divide 42084796 by ...
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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...