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... figures or digits . The names and signification of these characters , and the origin or generation of the numbers they stand for , are as follow ; O nothing ; 1 one , or a single I. To read Numbers . RULE . To the simple 2 NOTATION ·
... figures or digits . The names and signification of these characters , and the origin or generation of the numbers they stand for , are as follow ; O nothing ; 1 one , or a single I. To read Numbers . RULE . To the simple 2 NOTATION ·
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... figures , as above noted , they have each a local value according to the following law , namely , in a combination of figures , reckoning from right to left , the figure in the first place represents its primitive simple value ; that in ...
... figures , as above noted , they have each a local value according to the following law , namely , in a combination of figures , reckoning from right to left , the figure in the first place represents its primitive simple value ; that in ...
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... figures in the same order as their values are ex- pressed in , beginning at the left , and writing toward the right ; remembering to supply those places of the natural order with cyphers , which are omitted in the question . 4. A cypher ...
... figures in the same order as their values are ex- pressed in , beginning at the left , and writing toward the right ; remembering to supply those places of the natural order with cyphers , which are omitted in the question . 4. A cypher ...
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Reprinted from the Mathematical Text-book Samuel Webber. EXAMPLES . Write in figures the following numbers . Eighty one . Two hundred and eleven . One thousand and thirty nine . A million and a half . A hundred and four score and five ...
Reprinted from the Mathematical Text-book Samuel Webber. EXAMPLES . Write in figures the following numbers . Eighty one . Two hundred and eleven . One thousand and thirty nine . A million and a half . A hundred and four score and five ...
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... figures in the first line , and find how many nines are contained in their sum . 2. Reject the nines and set the remainder in the same line , on the right . 3. Do the same in each of the other lines , and find the sum of the row of ...
... figures in the first line , and find how many nines are contained in their sum . 2. Reject the nines and set the remainder in the same line , on the right . 3. Do the same in each of the other lines , and find the sum of the row of ...
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2qrs 3qrs amount of 11 annuity annum answer required arithmetical Arithmetical Progression bushel called carats cent common difference compound fraction compound interest contained cube root cyphers debt decimal DEMONSTRATION discount Divide dividend division divisor equal equated equivalent evident EXAMPLES farthings fourth gallon Geometrical Progression geometrical series given number gold greater greatest common measure gross improper fraction inches integer last term least common multiple less number manner method of proof miles mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of combinations number of places number of terms number of things payment pence pound present worth principal proportion quantities question quotient ratio Reduce remainder repetend Rule of Three shillings Signifies simple interest square root subtract supposition taken tare tion trett TROY WEIGHT vulgar fraction weight whole number yards year's interest
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Page 66 - Operations with Fractions A) To change a mixed number to an improper fraction, simply multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction and add the numerator.
Page 159 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 199 - RULE.* — Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the true time required.
Page 141 - As the sum of the several products, Is to the whole gain or loss ; So is each man's particular product, To his particular share of the gain or loss.
Page 92 - Let the farthings in the given pence and farthings possess the second and third places ; observing to increase the second place or place of hundredths, by 5" if the shillings be odd; and the third place by 1 when the farthings exceed 12, and by 2 when they exceed 36.
Page 225 - ... is to the difference between the true and second supposed number ; when that is not the case, the exact answer to the question cannot be found by this rule.
Page 133 - A wall to be built to the height of 27 feet, was raised to the height of 9 feet by 12 men in 6 days : how many men must be employed to finish the wall in 4 days at the same ruts.- of working 1 31.
Page 170 - To the remainder bring down the first figure in the next period, and call it the dividend. 4. Involve the root to the next inferior power to that which is given, and multiply it by the number denoting the given power, for u divisor.
Page 170 - Bring doion the first figure of the next period to the remainder for a new dividend, to which find a new divisor, as before; and in like manner proceed till the whole is finished.
Page 112 - Multiply the second and third terms together, and divide their product by the first term; and the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination you left the second term in, which may be brought into any other denomination required.