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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... tenth , the next less for one hundredth , the next for one thou- sandth , and the last for one ten - thousandth . It will thus be seen that , by proceeding with the solids in decimal fractions , precisely as has been directed in whole ...
... tenth , the next less for one hundredth , the next for one thou- sandth , and the last for one ten - thousandth . It will thus be seen that , by proceeding with the solids in decimal fractions , precisely as has been directed in whole ...
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... tenth of an inch , on There are thirty of these solids of a unit in the small round box . In the same box , you will find thirty other solids , each ten times as large as the solid of a unit . One of these is called a solid of ten ...
... tenth of an inch , on There are thirty of these solids of a unit in the small round box . In the same box , you will find thirty other solids , each ten times as large as the solid of a unit . One of these is called a solid of ten ...
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... tenth ; the solid of a shilling will be one twentieth ; the solid of a thousand will be one hundredth ; the solid of a hundred will be one thousandth ; the solid of a ten will be one tenth of a thousandth ; and the solid of a unit will ...
... tenth ; the solid of a shilling will be one twentieth ; the solid of a thousand will be one hundredth ; the solid of a hundred will be one thousandth ; the solid of a ten will be one tenth of a thousandth ; and the solid of a unit will ...
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... tenths , nor 2 fifths . * But you may see , on examin- tion , that two of the solids of a thousand , are of the solid of ten thousand . But two of the solids of a thousand are of your unit , which is the solid of ten thousand . 2 and of ...
... tenths , nor 2 fifths . * But you may see , on examin- tion , that two of the solids of a thousand , are of the solid of ten thousand . But two of the solids of a thousand are of your unit , which is the solid of ten thousand . 2 and of ...
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... tenth parts , hundredth parts , thousandth parts , & c . , these fractions , one tenth , one hundredth , one thousandth , & c . , are called decimals , because one hundredth is the tenth part of one tenth , one thou- sandth is the tenth ...
... tenth parts , hundredth parts , thousandth parts , & c . , these fractions , one tenth , one hundredth , one thousandth , & c . , are called decimals , because one hundredth is the tenth part of one tenth , one thou- sandth is the tenth ...
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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.