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... third place . This number may now be decomposed , that is , separated into parts , exhibiting each order by itself , as follows : -The highest order , or hundreds , are three , represented by this character , 3 ; but , that it may be ...
... third place . This number may now be decomposed , that is , separated into parts , exhibiting each order by itself , as follows : -The highest order , or hundreds , are three , represented by this character , 3 ; but , that it may be ...
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... money . The first contains 876 dollars , the second , 653 dollars , the third , 524 dollars , what is the amount contained in all the bags ? OPERATION . First bag , 876 Second bag , 653 T 5 . 15 ADDITION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS .
... money . The first contains 876 dollars , the second , 653 dollars , the third , 524 dollars , what is the amount contained in all the bags ? OPERATION . First bag , 876 Second bag , 653 T 5 . 15 ADDITION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS .
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... Third bag , Amount , 524 2053 Writing down the numbers as already directed , we begin with the right hand , or unit column , and find the amount to be 13 , that is , 3 units and 1 ten . Setting down the 3 units , or right hand figure ...
... Third bag , Amount , 524 2053 Writing down the numbers as already directed , we begin with the right hand , or unit column , and find the amount to be 13 , that is , 3 units and 1 ten . Setting down the 3 units , or right hand figure ...
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... third , 47 trees bear plums , 36 bear pears , and 25 bear cherries ; how many trees in all the orchards ? SUPPLEMENT TO NUMERATION AND ADDITION . QUESTIONS . 1. What is a single or individual thing called ? 2. What is notation ? 3. What ...
... third , 47 trees bear plums , 36 bear pears , and 25 bear cherries ; how many trees in all the orchards ? SUPPLEMENT TO NUMERATION AND ADDITION . QUESTIONS . 1. What is a single or individual thing called ? 2. What is notation ? 3. What ...
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... third 1350 , and the fourth as much as the other three ; what is the sum of them all ? 6. A gentleman left his daughter 16 thousand , 16 hun- dred and 16 dollars ; he left his son 1800 more than his daughter ; what was his son's portion ...
... third 1350 , and the fourth as much as the other three ; what is the sum of them all ? 6. A gentleman left his daughter 16 thousand , 16 hun- dred and 16 dollars ; he left his son 1800 more than his daughter ; what was his son's portion ...
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acres amount annexed annuity answer apples arithmetical series avoirdupois bought bushels called ciphers compound interest compound numbers contained cord feet cows cube root cubic currency decimal fractions denominator diameter divided dividend division dollars equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE factors farthings federal money foot gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence hogshead horse hundred hundredths improper fraction inches least common multiple length less number measure miles mills minuend minutes mixed number months multi multiplicand multiply Note number of terms OPERATION oranges ounce paid payment pence pints pounds present worth principal proportion pupil quantity quarts quotient quotient figure rate per cent ratio receive Reduce remainder right hand figure rule shillings side simple numbers sold solid feet square root subtraction subtrahend tens thousandths units vulgar fractions weight whole number write yards of cloth
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Page 106 - Divide the denominator by the whole number, when it can be done without a remainder ; otherwise, multiply the numerator by it, and under the product write the denominator, which may then be reduced to a whole or mixed number.
Page 146 - The rate of interest upon the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or things in action...
Page 106 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Page 236 - A man was hired 50 days on these conditions. — that, for every day he worked, he should receive $ '75, and, for every day he was idle, he should forfeit $ '25 ; at the expiration of the time, he received $ 27'50 ; how many days did he work...
Page 96 - 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 209 - 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 213 - Hence, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 236 - B, by spending $ 30 per annum more than A, at the end of 8 years finds himself $40 in debt; what is their income, and what does each spend per annum ? Ans.
Page 133 - 03, the same as before. IT 73. The foregoing examples and remarks are sufficient to establish the following RULE. In the division of decimal fractions, divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off...
Page 2 - Decedents," and to repeal said original sections, -and to repeal sections one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven...