The Progressive Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Theory of Numbers, in Connection with Concise Analytic and Synthetic Methods of Solution, and Designed as a Complete Text-book on this Science : for Common Schools and Academies |
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... . The Minuend is the number to be subtracted from . 46. The Subtrahend is the number to be subtracted . Define subtraction . Minuend . Subtrahend . 47. The Difference or Remainder is the result obtained by 28 SIMPLE NUMBERS .
... . The Minuend is the number to be subtracted from . 46. The Subtrahend is the number to be subtracted . Define subtraction . Minuend . Subtrahend . 47. The Difference or Remainder is the result obtained by 28 SIMPLE NUMBERS .
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... Remainder is the result obtained by the process of subtraction . NOTE . The minuend and subtrahend must be like ... remainder . CASE I. 49. When no figure in the subtrahend is greater than the corresponding figure in the minuend . 1 ...
... Remainder is the result obtained by the process of subtraction . NOTE . The minuend and subtrahend must be like ... remainder . CASE I. 49. When no figure in the subtrahend is greater than the corresponding figure in the minuend . 1 ...
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... Remainders . 10. From 3276 take 2143 . 11. From 7634 take 3132 . 12. From 41763 take 11521 . 13. From 18346 take 5215 . 14. From 397631 take 175321 . 15. Subtract 47321 from 69524 . 16. Subtract 16330 from 48673 . 17. Subtract 291352 ...
... Remainders . 10. From 3276 take 2143 . 11. From 7634 take 3132 . 12. From 41763 take 11521 . 13. From 18346 take 5215 . 14. From 397631 take 175321 . 15. Subtract 47321 from 69524 . 16. Subtract 16330 from 48673 . 17. Subtract 291352 ...
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... Remainder , 8 4 6 3 5 9 4 8 7 ANALYSIS . In this example we cannot take 9 units from 6 units . From the 4 tens we take 1 ten , which equals 10 units , and add to the 6 units , making 16 units ; 9 units from 16 units leave 7 units ...
... Remainder , 8 4 6 3 5 9 4 8 7 ANALYSIS . In this example we cannot take 9 units from 6 units . From the 4 tens we take 1 ten , which equals 10 units , and add to the 6 units , making 16 units ; 9 units from 16 units leave 7 units ...
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... remainder to the subtrahend , and if their sum be equal to the minuend , the work is supposed to be right . EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE . ( 2. ) ( 3. ) ( 4. ) ( 5. ) Minuend , 873 7432 1969 8146 Subtrahend , 538 6711 1408 4377 Remainder , 335 ...
... remainder to the subtrahend , and if their sum be equal to the minuend , the work is supposed to be right . EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE . ( 2. ) ( 3. ) ( 4. ) ( 5. ) Minuend , 873 7432 1969 8146 Subtrahend , 538 6711 1408 4377 Remainder , 335 ...
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Page 46 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 167 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 71 - The Greatest Common Divisor of two or more numbers is the greatest number that will exactly divide each of them. Numbers prime to each other are such as have no common divisor. NOTE. A common divisor is sometimes called a Common Measure; and the greatest common divisor, the Greatest Common Measure.
Page 50 - If any partial dividend will not contain the divisor, place a cipher in the quotient, and bring down the next figure of the dividend, and divide as before.
Page 93 - To reduce fractions to the least common denominator. The Least Common Denominator of two or more fractions is the least denominator to which they can all be reduced, and it must be the least common multiple of the lowest denominators.
Page 191 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees...
Page 38 - RULE. I. Write the multiplier under the multiplicand, placing units of the same order under each other. II. Multiply the multiplicand by each figure of the multiplier successively, beginning with the unit figure, and write the first figure of each partial product under the figure of the multiplier used, writing down and carrying as in addition. III. If there are partial products, add them, and their sum will be the product required.
Page 165 - Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the Latitude of London in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea is in the proportion of Thirty-Six Inches to Thirty-Nine Inches and one thousand three hundred and ninety-three ten-thousandth Parts of an Inch...
Page 66 - Divide the given number by any prime factor ; divide the quotient in the same manner, and so continue the division until the quotient is a prime number. The several divisors and the last quotient will be the prime factors required.
Page 193 - To find the difference of longitude between two places, when the difference of time is known. 1. If the difference of time between New York and Cincinnati be 41 min. 32 sec., what is the difference of longitude ? OPERATION. ANALYSIS. Since 4 minutes of time min. sec. make a difference of 1°...