 Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer in the same denomination as the middle term was reduced into.  The practical arithmetic - Page 68by John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843Full view - About this book
 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...mentioned. 3. Multiply the second and third numbers together, and divide.* the product by the first, and the quotient will be the answer to the question, in the same denomination you left the second number in ; which may be brought into any other denomination required. EXAMPLE.... | |
 | James Ferguson, David Brewster - Astronomy - 1806 - 532 pages
...of a cubic foot of the same stone, for a third quantity. Multiply the first quantity by the second, and divide the product by the third, and the quotient will be the weight required. 2. To find the number of cubic feet in the turning millstone, supposing it to have... | |
 | Charles Vyse - Arithmetic - 1806 - 342 pages
...mentioned. 3. Multiply the second and third Terms together, and divide that Product by the first. ' The Quotient will be the Answer to the Question, in the same Denomination or Name you left your second Term in. 4. If there happens to be a Remainder after the Division, reduce... | |
 | James Thompson - Arithmetic - 1808 - 176 pages
...less, and less requires more. RULE.— As in the Rule of Three Direct, state and prepare the question ; then multiply the first and second terms tog-ether, and divide the product by the third. The quotient will be the answer in the name, or denomination ofthe second. EXAMPLES. 1. A captain of... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 210 pages
...receive for the sugar ? Ans. 43gyb. INVERSE PROPORTION. RULE. Prepare the terms as in Direct Proportion, then multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third. Or, • Invert the third term, and multiply the three terms together as in Multiplication. / , , EXAMPLES.... | |
 | Arithmetic - 1811 - 236 pages
...quality, the firft term, and the remaining number will be the middle term. Multiply the firft and lecond terms together, and divide the product by the third, and the quotient is the aniwer." EXAMPLES. « If 100 workmen complete a piece of work in 12 days, how many are fufficient... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Arithmetic - 1812 - 274 pages
...first does to the third. RULE. State tin: question, and, when necessary, reduce the terms as before. Multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third term; the quotient is the answer in the same denomination as the second term ; thus in the foregoing... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1813 - 244 pages
...in it. 3. 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. Tlie method... | |
 | Caleb Alexander - Arithmetic - 1813 - 152 pages
...question, as you would in the Rule of Three Direct, multiply the Jirtt and «econd terms toaether, divide the product by the third, and the quotient will be the answer, of the same name, or denomination, with the secend term. EXAMPLES. 1. If 40 men do a piece of work... | |
 | Oliver Welch - Arithmetic - 1857 - 244 pages
...which is of the same name, the first term ; and the other remaining number must be the middle term ; multiply the first and second terms together, and divide the product by the third ; the quotient will be the answer required.* Examples. ' 1. If 8 men can build a tower in 12 days ;... | |
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