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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... number to be subtracted from . 46. The Subtrahend is the number to be subtracted . Define subtraction . Minuend . Subtrahend . 47. The Difference or Remainder is the result obtained by 32 SIMPLE NUMBERS . Subtraction,
... number to be subtracted from . 46. The Subtrahend is the number to be subtracted . Define subtraction . Minuend . Subtrahend . 47. The Difference or Remainder is the result obtained by 32 SIMPLE NUMBERS . Subtraction,
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... Remainder is the result obtained by the process of subtraction . NOTE . The minuend and subtrahend must be like numbers ; thus , 5 dollars from 9 dollars leave 4 dollars ; 5 apples from 9 apples leave 4 apples ; but it would be absurd ...
... Remainder is the result obtained by the process of subtraction . NOTE . The minuend and subtrahend must be like numbers ; thus , 5 dollars from 9 dollars leave 4 dollars ; 5 apples from 9 apples leave 4 apples ; but it would be absurd ...
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... Remainder , 574 323 251 ANALYSIS . We write the less num- ber under the greater , with units under units , tens under tens , & c . , and draw a line underneath . Then , beginning at the right hand , we subtract separately each figure of ...
... Remainder , 574 323 251 ANALYSIS . We write the less num- ber under the greater , with units under units , tens under tens , & c . , and draw a line underneath . Then , beginning at the right hand , we subtract separately each figure of ...
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... Remainders . 1133 . 11. From 7634 take 3132 . 12. From 41763 take 11521 . 13. From 18346 take 5215 . 14. From 397631 take 175321 . 15. Subtract 47321 from 69524 . 16. Subtract 16330 from 48673 . 17. Subtract 291352 from 895752 . 18 ...
... Remainders . 1133 . 11. From 7634 take 3132 . 12. From 41763 take 11521 . 13. From 18346 take 5215 . 14. From 397631 take 175321 . 15. Subtract 47321 from 69524 . 16. Subtract 16330 from 48673 . 17. Subtract 291352 from 895752 . 18 ...
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... Remainder , ( 7 ) ( 13 ) ( 16 ) 8 4 6 3 5 9 7 4 8 ANALYSIS . In this example we cannot take 9 units from 6 units . From the 4 tens we take 1 ten , which equals 10 units , and add to the 6 units , making 16 units ; 9 units from 16 units ...
... Remainder , ( 7 ) ( 13 ) ( 16 ) 8 4 6 3 5 9 7 4 8 ANALYSIS . In this example we cannot take 9 units from 6 units . From the 4 tens we take 1 ten , which equals 10 units , and add to the 6 units , making 16 units ; 9 units from 16 units ...
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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...