Adams's New Arithmetic: Arithmetic, in which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained and Synthetically Applied : for the Use of Schools and Academies in the United States |
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... common Divisor , how found , To divide a Fraction by a Whole Number ; two ways , To multiply a Fraction by a Whole ... Common Denominator , how found , Least Common Multiple , how found , Rule for the Addition and Subtraction of ...
... common Divisor , how found , To divide a Fraction by a Whole Number ; two ways , To multiply a Fraction by a Whole ... Common Denominator , how found , Least Common Multiple , how found , Rule for the Addition and Subtraction of ...
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... common , or Julian year , - yr . ¶ 37. The year is also divided into 12 calendar months , which , in the order of their succession , are numbered as fol- lows , viz . January , 1st month , has 31 days . February , 2d , 28 March , 3d ...
... common , or Julian year , - yr . ¶ 37. The year is also divided into 12 calendar months , which , in the order of their succession , are numbered as fol- lows , viz . January , 1st month , has 31 days . February , 2d , 28 March , 3d ...
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... common divisor , or common mea- sure of those numbers . The greatest number that will do this is called the greatest common divisor , 1. What part of an acre are 128 rods ? 45 , 46 . 105 FRACTIONS .
... common divisor , or common mea- sure of those numbers . The greatest number that will do this is called the greatest common divisor , 1. What part of an acre are 128 rods ? 45 , 46 . 105 FRACTIONS .
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... common to both terms , and , di- viding , we reduce the fraction to its equal , which is now in its lowest terms ... common divisor of the two terms . The greatest common measure of any two numbers may be found by a sort of trial easily ...
... common to both terms , and , di- viding , we reduce the fraction to its equal , which is now in its lowest terms ... common divisor of the two terms . The greatest common measure of any two numbers may be found by a sort of trial easily ...
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... common divisor o two numbers : -Divide the greater number by the less , and that divisor by the remainder , and so ... common divisor required . Note . It is evident , that , when we would find the greatest common divisor of more than ...
... common divisor o two numbers : -Divide the greater number by the less , and that divisor by the remainder , and so ... common divisor required . Note . It is evident , that , when we would find the greatest common divisor of more than ...
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Page 236 - A and B have the same income ; A saves ^ of his ; but 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 71 - The first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, are used to...
Page 102 - Multiply together the numerators for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
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Page 17 - Multiplication, in which the number to be repeated is called the multiplicand, and the number which shows how many times the multiplicand is to be repeated is called the multiplier. The multiplicand and multiplier, when spoken of collectively, are called the factors, (producers,) and the answer is called the product.
Page 95 - Divide the greater number by the less, and that divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remain.
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 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 226 - ... years, and work as before, and so for any other part of a year. ** QUESTIONS. 1. What is a geometrical progression, or series ? 2. What is the ratio ? 3. When the first term, the ratio, and the number of terms, are given, how do you find the last term 1 4.
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