Introduction to The National Arithmetic, on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods; in which the Principles of the Science are Fully Explained and Illustrated. Designed for Common Schools and Academies |
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... hand place . Thus 6 alone , or in 26 , expresses a simple value of six single units , or ones . The local value of a unit is the value expressed by a figure when it is used in combination with another figure or figures , and depends ...
... hand place . Thus 6 alone , or in 26 , expresses a simple value of six single units , or ones . The local value of a unit is the value expressed by a figure when it is used in combination with another figure or figures , and depends ...
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... hand or units ' place expresses the local value of so many units ; but when standing in the second place , it express- es the local value of so many tens , each of the value of ten ones ; when in the third place , the local value of so ...
... hand or units ' place expresses the local value of so many units ; but when standing in the second place , it express- es the local value of so many tens , each of the value of ten ones ; when in the third place , the local value of so ...
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... hand , and point off the figures into periods of THREE places each . Then , commencing at the left hand , read the figures of each period , adding the name of each period excepting that of units . EXERCISES IN FRENCH NUMERATION . The ...
... hand , and point off the figures into periods of THREE places each . Then , commencing at the left hand , read the figures of each period , adding the name of each period excepting that of units . EXERCISES IN FRENCH NUMERATION . The ...
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... hand , and write in each successive order the figure belonging to it . If any intervening order would otherwise be ... hand do you begin to numerate figures ? Where do you begin to read them ? At which hand do you begin to write numbers ...
... hand , and write in each successive order the figure belonging to it . If any intervening order would otherwise be ... hand do you begin to numerate figures ? Where do you begin to read them ? At which hand do you begin to write numbers ...
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... hand period is regarded as units and thousands of units ; the second , as millions and thousands of millions ; and so on , six places being assigned to each period designated by a distinct name . ENGLISH NUMERATION TABLE . -Hund . of ...
... hand period is regarded as units and thousands of units ; the second , as millions and thousands of millions ; and so on , six places being assigned to each period designated by a distinct name . ENGLISH NUMERATION TABLE . -Hund . of ...
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12 leaves 2far 3far 66 1 bushel 7fur Academy acres of land added amount annex ARITHMETIC barrels of flour Bought cents ciphers column composite number compound numbers contained cords of wood cubic inches denomination dividend divisor dollars per acre dollars per cord drams DRY MEASURE equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE factors farthings Female Seminary gallons Give the reason grains hogsheads hundred weight Institute leaves 11 less long division MENTAL EXERCISES method of proof miles millions mills minuend molasses multiplicand nine NOTE number or thing OPERATION ounces paid pairs pence pennyweights pints pounds Public High School purchase quantity quarts QUESTIONS quotient figure reduce Repeat the table rule Sextillions shillings simple numbers sold square miles square rod subtraction subtrahend tens tons Troy Troy Weight true remainder tuns United States money write yards
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Page 98 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 21 - Amount 1928 the column of tens ; thus, 1 added to 1 makes 2, and 6 are 8, and 4 are 12 (tens) , equal to 1 hundred and 2 tens. We write the 2 tens under the column of tens, and add the 1 hundred to the column of hundreds ; thus, 1 added to 9 makes 10, and 7 are 17, and 2 are 19 (hundreds), equal to 1 thousand and 9 hundreds. We write the 9 under the column of hundreds ; and there being no other column to be added, we set down the 1 thousand in thousands' place, and find the amount of the several...
Page 115 - Rule. — Write the numbers so that units of the same denomination shall stand in the same column.
Page 48 - The Dividend is the number to be divided. The Divisor is the number by which we divide. The Quotient is the number of times the divisor is contained in the dividend; or one of the equal parts into which it is divided.
Page 37 - Multiplication; and denotes that all the numbers, between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus 9X9 signifies that 9 is to be multiplied by 9, or 9X9X9 must be multiplied.
Page 69 - The units or denominations of United States money increase from right to left, and decrease from left to right, in the same manner as do the units of the several orders in simple • numbers ; and may, therefore, be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided in like manner as simple numbers.
Page 59 - When a number or thing is divided into two equal parts, one of those parts is called one half. If the number or thing is divided into three equal parts, one of the parts is called one third...
Page 36 - In one acre there are four roods; how many roods in 2 acres? In 3 acres? In 4 acres? In 5 acres? In 6 acres? In 9 acres ? 12.
Page 103 - TABLE, Showing the number of days from any day of one month to the same day of any other month within one year.
Page 53 - ART. 53. Second Method of Proof . — Add together the remainder, if any, and all the products that have been produced by multiplying the divisor by the several quotient figures, and the result will be like the dividend, if the work is right.