Treatise on Arithmetic, in Theory and Practice: With an Appendix, Containing an Introduction to Mensuration |
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... exercises are prescribed , to afford the pupil that practice which alone can produce expertness and accuracy in the management of numbers . The Definitions and Rules , which it may perhaps be proper for the learner to commit to memory ...
... exercises are prescribed , to afford the pupil that practice which alone can produce expertness and accuracy in the management of numbers . The Definitions and Rules , which it may perhaps be proper for the learner to commit to memory ...
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... exercises for pupils who may be intended for the counting - house . In preparing the present edition for the press , considerable changes have been made in the manner of expressing and illustrating the rules , and in various other ...
... exercises for pupils who may be intended for the counting - house . In preparing the present edition for the press , considerable changes have been made in the manner of expressing and illustrating the rules , and in various other ...
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... Exercises in Numeration . Write down in words , or name , the numbers signified by the following expressions : - Ex . 1. 24 2. 144 Ex . 4. 1000 5. 1728 3. 365 6. 2240 Ex . 13. 8005600480 14.557290000 15. 680000042 16. 93090093 17 ...
... Exercises in Numeration . Write down in words , or name , the numbers signified by the following expressions : - Ex . 1. 24 2. 144 Ex . 4. 1000 5. 1728 3. 365 6. 2240 Ex . 13. 8005600480 14.557290000 15. 680000042 16. 93090093 17 ...
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... exercise the pupil in notation . To familiarize him with numeration , the teacher should frequently require him to read off in words , the answers of the exercises which he performs . + A billion , in the common notation A thousand ...
... exercise the pupil in notation . To familiarize him with numeration , the teacher should frequently require him to read off in words , the answers of the exercises which he performs . + A billion , in the common notation A thousand ...
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... . If these latter excesses be equal , the work is generally right ; otherwise , it must be wrong . This method however , is of lit tle use in proving addition . Exercises in Simple Addition . 1 2 3 4 5 8 SIMPLE ADDITION .
... . If these latter excesses be equal , the work is generally right ; otherwise , it must be wrong . This method however , is of lit tle use in proving addition . Exercises in Simple Addition . 1 2 3 4 5 8 SIMPLE ADDITION .
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Page 41 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes = 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 42 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; and each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds ; and these into thirds, etc.
Page 92 - Rule. — Divide the numerator by the denominator, the quotient will be the whole number...
Page 260 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference are equal to one another.
Page 93 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 259 - When a straight line standing on another straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the angles is called a right angle; and the straight line which stands on the other is called a perpendicular to it.
Page 200 - The square of the sum of two numbers is equal to the square of the first number plus twice the product of the first and second number plus the square of the second number.
Page 83 - A simple fraction expresses one or more of the equal parts into which the unit is divided, without reference to any other fraction.
Page 40 - CUBIC MEASURE 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard...
Page 214 - ... him, — -one for the first, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, doubling always to the sixty-fourth. The...