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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... mill - saws at 16 dollars each ; in part payment for the above articles , I sold him eight thousand feet of boards at 15 dollars per thousand ; how much must I pay him to balance the account ? 14. In 1 day there are 24 hours ; how many ...
... mill - saws at 16 dollars each ; in part payment for the above articles , I sold him eight thousand feet of boards at 15 dollars per thousand ; how much must I pay him to balance the account ? 14. In 1 day there are 24 hours ; how many ...
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... mills . Thus , $ 16.253 is read , sixteen dollars , twenty - five cents , three mills . Since cents occupy two places , the place of dimes and of cents , when the number of cents is less than 10 , a cipher must be written before them in ...
... mills . Thus , $ 16.253 is read , sixteen dollars , twenty - five cents , three mills . Since cents occupy two places , the place of dimes and of cents , when the number of cents is less than 10 , a cipher must be written before them in ...
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... mills . Or thus , 25 000 mills . Ans . 2500 cents , 25000 mills We multiply the 25 by 100 , be- cause 100 cents make 1 dollar ; and multiply the 2500 by 10 , be- cause 10 mills make 1 cent . RULE . - To reduce dollars to cents , annex ...
... mills . Or thus , 25 000 mills . Ans . 2500 cents , 25000 mills We multiply the 25 by 100 , be- cause 100 cents make 1 dollar ; and multiply the 2500 by 10 , be- cause 10 mills make 1 cent . RULE . - To reduce dollars to cents , annex ...
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... mills . - We divide the 25000 by 10 , be- cause 10 mills make 1 cent ; and divide the 2500 by 100 , because 100 cents make 1 dollar . RULE . To reduce mills to cents , cut off ONE figure on the right ; to reduce cents to dollars , point ...
... mills . - We divide the 25000 by 10 , be- cause 10 mills make 1 cent ; and divide the 2500 by 100 , because 100 cents make 1 dollar . RULE . To reduce mills to cents , cut off ONE figure on the right ; to reduce cents to dollars , point ...
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... mills , a solar lamp for ten dollars fifty cents , a pair of vases for four dollars sixty - two cents five mills , and a set of silver spoons for twelve dollars seventy - five cents ; what did the whole cost ? 16. Bought three hundred ...
... mills , a solar lamp for ten dollars fifty cents , a pair of vases for four dollars sixty - two cents five mills , and a set of silver spoons for twelve dollars seventy - five cents ; what did the whole cost ? 16. Bought three hundred ...
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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.