Treatise on Arithmetic, in Theory and Practice: With an Appendix, Containing an Introduction to Mensuration |
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... expressed by characters , is called Numeration . In modern arithmetic , all numbers are expressed by means of ten characters : the cipher , or zero , 0 , which has no value ; and the nine significant figures , or digits , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ...
... expressed by characters , is called Numeration . In modern arithmetic , all numbers are expressed by means of ten characters : the cipher , or zero , 0 , which has no value ; and the nine significant figures , or digits , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ...
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... expressed , for the purpose of facilitating their numeration The periods succeeding those contained in the table , are quintillions , extillions , septillions , octillions , and nonillions ; and analogical names might be formed for the ...
... expressed , for the purpose of facilitating their numeration The periods succeeding those contained in the table , are quintillions , extillions , septillions , octillions , and nonillions ; and analogical names might be formed for the ...
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... expressed , and thus to make the other figures occupy those places in which they will express the intended values ... expressed by the figures of each period , except that of the units , the name of the period . Thus , the expression ...
... expressed , and thus to make the other figures occupy those places in which they will express the intended values ... expressed by the figures of each period , except that of the units , the name of the period . Thus , the expression ...
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... expressed , both by figures and in language , that we have generally a very limited and in- adequate conception of their real magnitudes . The following consider- ations may , perhaps , assist in enlarging the ideas of the pupil , on ...
... expressed , both by figures and in language , that we have generally a very limited and in- adequate conception of their real magnitudes . The following consider- ations may , perhaps , assist in enlarging the ideas of the pupil , on ...
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... expressed units . Thus , V expressed 5000 ; C100,000 , & c . The following table , together with the preceding observations , will give an adequate idea of the Roman notation : I 1 • · • 2 IX X 9 · • 3 XX · 4 XXX 5 XL : 6 L · · 7 LX 8 ...
... expressed units . Thus , V expressed 5000 ; C100,000 , & c . The following table , together with the preceding observations , will give an adequate idea of the Roman notation : I 1 • · • 2 IX X 9 · • 3 XX · 4 XXX 5 XL : 6 L · · 7 LX 8 ...
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acres added aliquot amount annexed annuity annum Answ Answers Arithmetic British money called cent ciphers common difference common multiple compound interest contained continual continued fraction cost cube cubic decimal denominator diameter divided dividend Division divisor employed equal equidifferent equivalent evident Exam example exchange Exercises factors farthings feet find the price Flemish gallons given fraction given number given rate greater half Hence hundred improper fraction inches last figure least common multiple less long weight manner method miles millions milree months multiplicand multiply nearly notation number expressed number of terms obtained operation payable pence perches piastre places pound sterling pounds preceding present value present worth principal proceed proportional pupil quantity quotient radix ratio Reduce remainder Required the sum required to find result rule shillings Simple sold subtract thousand tion troy weight unit whole number yards
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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...