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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... right hand the number is increased ten times . an- CIO is used to represent one thousand , and for every C and Ɔ put at each end , the dumber is increased ten times . A line over any number increases its value one thousand times A unit ...
... right hand the number is increased ten times . an- CIO is used to represent one thousand , and for every C and Ɔ put at each end , the dumber is increased ten times . A line over any number increases its value one thousand times A unit ...
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... right hand , that is , on the left hand side of units ; and as , in this case , there are no units to be written with it , we write , in the place of units , a cipher , ( 0 , ) which of itself signifies nothing ; thus , One ten and one ...
... right hand , that is , on the left hand side of units ; and as , in this case , there are no units to be written with it , we write , in the place of units , a cipher , ( 0 , ) which of itself signifies nothing ; thus , One ten and one ...
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... right hand ; tens , the second place from the right hand ; hundreds , the 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 ...
... right hand ; tens , the second place from the right hand ; hundreds , the 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 ...
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... right hand of another figure , it increases the value of · that figure in the same tenfold pro- portion as if it had been followed by any one of the significant figures . Note . Should the pupil find any difficulty in reading the ...
... right hand of another figure , it increases the value of · that figure in the same tenfold pro- portion as if it had been followed by any one of the significant figures . Note . Should the pupil find any difficulty in reading the ...
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... right hand , that is , on the left hand side of units ; and as , in this case , there are no units to be written with it , we write , in the place of units , a cipher , ( 0 , ) which of itself signifies nothing ; thus , One ten and one ...
... right hand , that is , on the left hand side of units ; and as , in this case , there are no units to be written with it , we write , in the place of units , a cipher , ( 0 , ) which of itself signifies nothing ; thus , One ten and one ...
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12 dollars acres amount annexed annuity answer apples Arithmetic arithmetical series avoirdupois bought bushels ciphers compound interest compound numbers contained cows cube root cubic currency decimal fractions denominator diameter divided dividend division divisor dollars equal EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE factors farthings federal money foot foregoing examples gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence hogshead horse hundred hundredths improper fraction inches least common multiple left hand length less number measure miles millions mills minuend minutes mixed number months multiplicand multiply Note number of terms OPERATION oranges paid pence pints pounds present worth proportion pupil quantity quarts quotient quotient figure ratio receive Reduce remainder right hand figure rule shillings side simple numbers sold solid feet square root subtraction tens are called thousand thousandths vulgar fractions weight whole number write yards of cloth
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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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