The Tutor's Guide: Being a Complete System of Arithmetic; with Various Branches in the Mathematics. To which is Added an Appendix, Containing Different Forms of Acquittances, Bills of Exchange, &c. &c |
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... greater , it must be taken from it ; as , I before V or X ; and X before L or C , & c . + Thus , four , nine , forty , ninety , & c . IV , IX , XL , XC . When a lesser numerical Letter stands after a greater , it is to be added to it ...
... greater , it must be taken from it ; as , I before V or X ; and X before L or C , & c . + Thus , four , nine , forty , ninety , & c . IV , IX , XL , XC . When a lesser numerical Letter stands after a greater , it is to be added to it ...
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... greater of the two Digits , whose 12 Sum is sought , in the 13 upper Line , and the 1314lesser on the Left - hand 14 | 15Column , in the same 14 | 15 | 16 Line with this ; and 8 9 16 | 17 | 18 underneath the other stands the Sum . As ...
... greater of the two Digits , whose 12 Sum is sought , in the 13 upper Line , and the 1314lesser on the Left - hand 14 | 15Column , in the same 14 | 15 | 16 Line with this ; and 8 9 16 | 17 | 18 underneath the other stands the Sum . As ...
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... greater , and thereby shows the Difference or Remainder . RULE . 1 Place your Numbers according to the Direction given in Addition . 2 Begin at the Right - hand , and subtract each under Figure from that which stands over it , writing ...
... greater , and thereby shows the Difference or Remainder . RULE . 1 Place your Numbers according to the Direction given in Addition . 2 Begin at the Right - hand , and subtract each under Figure from that which stands over it , writing ...
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... greater of the two Digits in the upper Line , and underneath it , against the lesser , taken in the left - hand Column , is the Product sought . Thus , to multiply 9 by 6 , seek 9 in the upper Line , and under it against 6 on the left ...
... greater of the two Digits in the upper Line , and underneath it , against the lesser , taken in the left - hand Column , is the Product sought . Thus , to multiply 9 by 6 , seek 9 in the upper Line , and under it against 6 on the left ...
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... greater than 12 . RULE . First seek how often the Divisor is contained in the first Fi- gure of the Dividend , or , in case the first Figure of the Di vidend be less than the Divisor , then in the two first Figures of the Dividend , and ...
... greater than 12 . RULE . First seek how often the Divisor is contained in the first Fi- gure of the Dividend , or , in case the first Figure of the Di vidend be less than the Divisor , then in the two first Figures of the Dividend , and ...
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Page 165 - Opposite to each dividend, on the left hand, place such a number for a divisor, as will bring it to the next superior denomination, and draw a line between them.
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Page 137 - Hence, when the extremes and the number of terms are given, to find the sum of all the terms,- — Multiply £ the sum of the extremes by the number of terms, and the product will be the answer.
Page 142 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Page 227 - To fold the area of a Parallelogram, whether it be a Square, a Rectangle, a Rhombus, or a Rhomboides. RULE. Multiply the length by the height or perpendicular breadth, and the product will be the area.* * *DEMONSTSATION.