A New System of Arithmetic on an Improved PlanD. Appleton & Company, 1850 |
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... equal to the divisor . Were we required to divide 1 by 2 , we should meet with a difficulty , for the dividend is less than the divisor , and consequently will not contain it ; we must therefore employ a new form of notation , 2 | 1 ...
... equal to the divisor . Were we required to divide 1 by 2 , we should meet with a difficulty , for the dividend is less than the divisor , and consequently will not contain it ; we must therefore employ a new form of notation , 2 | 1 ...
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... equal factors , and they can be excluded from the operation . The teacher will bear in mind the importance of giving gen- eral illustrations of arithmetical principles , whenever it can be done , as its tendency is to enlarge the views ...
... equal factors , and they can be excluded from the operation . The teacher will bear in mind the importance of giving gen- eral illustrations of arithmetical principles , whenever it can be done , as its tendency is to enlarge the views ...
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... equal to the same thing are equal to each other . 2. If equals be added to equals , the wholes will be equal . 3. If equals be taken from equals , the remainders will be equal . 4. If equals be added to unequals , the wholes will be unequal ...
... equal to the same thing are equal to each other . 2. If equals be added to equals , the wholes will be equal . 3. If equals be taken from equals , the remainders will be equal . 4. If equals be added to unequals , the wholes will be unequal ...
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... equal to ten in the column of units , and one in the column of hundreds is equal to ten in the column of tens . This is the reason why we carry for 10 rather than any other number . RULE . Add each column , beginning at the right hand ...
... equal to ten in the column of units , and one in the column of hundreds is equal to ten in the column of tens . This is the reason why we carry for 10 rather than any other number . RULE . Add each column , beginning at the right hand ...
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... equal to 10 tens , which , added to 5 tens , makes 15 tens . Second Operation . Then , 6 from 15 , and 9 , or 9 tens remain . Subtracting tens from tens , the remainder is tens . Now , because we have taken 1 from 2 , in the place of ...
... equal to 10 tens , which , added to 5 tens , makes 15 tens . Second Operation . Then , 6 from 15 , and 9 , or 9 tens remain . Subtracting tens from tens , the remainder is tens . Now , because we have taken 1 from 2 , in the place of ...
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Page 217 - Multiply each payment by the time at which it is due; then divide the sum of the products by the sum of the payments, and the quotient will be the equated time, nearly.
Page 39 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor.
Page 230 - 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 105 - 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 156 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 98 - TABLE. 10 Mills =1 Cent. 10 Cents =1 Dime. 10 Dimes =1 Dollar. 10 Dollars =1 Eagle.
Page 321 - America, to be paid to the said or his certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made, I bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents.
Page 63 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction. RULE. — Multiply the whole number by the denominator of...
Page 217 - ... 8 months ; what is the equated time for the payment of the whole ? Ans.