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... NOTE . - When Arithmetic treats of operations on abstract numbers it is a science , and is called Pure Arithmetic . When it treats of operations on concrete numbers it is an art , and is called Applied Arithmetic . Pure and Applied ...
... NOTE . - When Arithmetic treats of operations on abstract numbers it is a science , and is called Pure Arithmetic . When it treats of operations on concrete numbers it is an art , and is called Applied Arithmetic . Pure and Applied ...
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... NOTE . - - Some authorities do not include the 0 with the digits ; they then have only nine . 43. The cipher , or first character , is called naught , because it has no value of its own . It is otherwise termed nothing , and zero . The ...
... NOTE . - - Some authorities do not include the 0 with the digits ; they then have only nine . 43. The cipher , or first character , is called naught , because it has no value of its own . It is otherwise termed nothing , and zero . The ...
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... NOTE . When a figure occupies units ' place , its simple and local values are the same . 51. The units of the various orders of a number are some- times called the Terms of a number . Thus the number 325 has three terms ; 5 is the units ...
... NOTE . When a figure occupies units ' place , its simple and local values are the same . 51. The units of the various orders of a number are some- times called the Terms of a number . Thus the number 325 has three terms ; 5 is the units ...
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... NOTE . - The above is the French method of numerating , and is the one in general use in this country . The English numerate by periods of six figures each . See § 60 . 54. The denominator of a decimal fraction , when expressed , is ...
... NOTE . - The above is the French method of numerating , and is the one in general use in this country . The English numerate by periods of six figures each . See § 60 . 54. The denominator of a decimal fraction , when expressed , is ...
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... NOTE.- In like manner any number , as 25 or 97 , might be taken as the basis of a scale . 63. A scale contains as many digits as there are units in its radix ; and every scale must have the digit , 0 . - NOTE . The decimal scale has ten ...
... NOTE.- In like manner any number , as 25 or 97 , might be taken as the basis of a scale . 63. A scale contains as many digits as there are units in its radix ; and every scale must have the digit , 0 . - NOTE . The decimal scale has ten ...
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acres amount annex avoirdupois barrels base bill bought bushels ciphers circumference column common denominator common difference common fraction compound interest contain continued fraction cube root decimal places diameter digits discount divide dividend dollars equal exact divisor Examples excess of 9's exchange Find the area Find the cost gain gallons geometrical progression given number Gold greater number greatest common divisor Hence hundred improper fractions inches integers last term least common multiple length longitude measure miles minuend mixed numbers months multiplicand multiply NOTE number expressed number is divisible number of terms obtain payable payment pound premium prime factors principal quantity quotient rate per cent ratio Reduce remainder repetend result right-hand figures rods RULE RULE.-I side sold SOLUTION specific gravity subtract subtrahend third trial divisor units weight whole number worth write yards
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Page 489 - A cylinder is conceived to be generated by the revolution of a rectangle about one of its sides as an axis.
Page 399 - Thirty days after sight of this first of exchange (second and third of the same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 429 - The Square Root of a number is one of the two equal factors that produce the number. Thus, the square root of 64 is 8, for 8 x 8 = 64.
Page 374 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and interest is to be Computed on the balance, as aforesaid.
Page 477 - A circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line, called the circumference, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 184 - Measures of length are used in measuring lines or distances. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) = 1 foot (ft.). 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.). 5£ yards, or 16| feet = 1 rod (rd.).
Page 432 - 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 402 - Sixty days after sight of this FIRST of EXCHANGE (Second and Third of same tenor and date unpaid...
Page 249 - RULE. — Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in square feet.
Page 374 - If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes toward discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due. If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus...