A Description of the Visible Numerator: With Instructions for Its Use ... Designed to Impart to Learners a Clear and an Adequate Knowledge of the Principles of Arithmetic, and to Accompany the Apparatus |
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... compound rules and reduction in that species of currency ; and , by analogy , to suggest the mode of proceeding with the various other coins , weights , and measures , which are concerned in the same rules . The calcula- tions of ...
... compound rules and reduction in that species of currency ; and , by analogy , to suggest the mode of proceeding with the various other coins , weights , and measures , which are concerned in the same rules . The calcula- tions of ...
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... Compound Rules , including Reduction , may be fully ap- prehended by an illustration in sterling money of the distinctive principle , which pervades these rules , viz . that in borrowing , carrying , & c . , we should have regard to the ...
... Compound Rules , including Reduction , may be fully ap- prehended by an illustration in sterling money of the distinctive principle , which pervades these rules , viz . that in borrowing , carrying , & c . , we should have regard to the ...
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... compound rules . which both these sets of solids are used , to convey to your mind a clear understanding of the principles of Arithmetic , will be learned by attending to the following This second set is The manner , in INSTRUCTIONS ...
... compound rules . which both these sets of solids are used , to convey to your mind a clear understanding of the principles of Arithmetic , will be learned by attending to the following This second set is The manner , in INSTRUCTIONS ...
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... Compound Rules of Arith- metic , the increase is irregular : thus , ten units make a ten , ten tens make a hundred , ten hundreds make a thousand , & c . , while four farthings make a penny , twelve pence make a shilling , twenty ...
... Compound Rules of Arith- metic , the increase is irregular : thus , ten units make a ten , ten tens make a hundred , ten hundreds make a thousand , & c . , while four farthings make a penny , twelve pence make a shilling , twenty ...
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... Compound Numbers , we employ Compound Addition , or Compound Multiplication ; when we take apart the Compound Numbers , we employ Compound Subtraction or Compound Division . The only difference , then , between the Simple and Compound ...
... Compound Numbers , we employ Compound Addition , or Compound Multiplication ; when we take apart the Compound Numbers , we employ Compound Subtraction or Compound Division . The only difference , then , between the Simple and Compound ...
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A Description of the Visible Numerator: With Instructions for Its Use ... Oliver A Shaw No preview available - 2016 |
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11 equal 14 pence 22 equal 24 units 9 tens 9 units answer ascer black board books on Arithmetic call the solid carry comma contained cube root cyphers annexed Decimal Fractions denomination denoting divide Dividend Division Divisor Example expressed in figures farthings hundred and fifty-three hundred and six hundred and three hundred thousand hundred's place hundreds 3 tens hundredths illustration lastly learner leaves 9 left hand means merator millions mind minuend mode multi multiplicand multiply hundreds multiply tens operation order of units penny place of pence Plate XI principles pupil quotient qurs remain right hand sandths say twice sextillions shilling signify simple slate solid feet solid of ten square root subtract subtrahend ten's place tenths of thousandths thing thou thousand two hundred thousand's place three hundred three tens three units unit's place Visible Numerator Vulgar Fractions whole numbers Write in figures write the figure written
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Page 73 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 90 - ... from the left hand period, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a dividend.
Page 20 - In any proportion, the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.
Page 57 - By division we ascertain how often one number is contained in another. The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number to divide by is called the divisor. The number of times the dividend contains the divisor is called the quotient.
Page 26 - That is, ten units make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and so on.
Page 86 - Point off the given number into periods of two figures each, by putting a dot over the units, another over the hundreds, and so on. These dots show the number of figures of which the root will consist.
Page 19 - In general, when we have occasion to consider quantities less than unity, we suppose unity divided into a certain number of parts, sufficiently small to be contained a certain number...
Page 25 - ... tens; the third, hund-reds; the fourth, thousands; the fifth, tens of thousands ; the sixth, hundreds of thousands; the seventh, millions, etc.
Page 20 - That is — If the first be to the second as the third is to the fourth : the first and second together are to the second as the third and fourth together are to the fourth.
Page 81 - To find the interest of any sum in federal money, at 6 per cent., it is only necessary to multiply the principal by the interest of $ 1 for the given time, found as above directed, and written as a decimal fraction, remembering to point off as many places for decimals in the product as there are decimal places in both the factors counted together.