Practical Arithmetic: In Four Books ... Extracted from the Large and Entire Treatise, and Adapted to the Commerce of Ireland as Well as that of Great Britain ... |
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... carry to the place of tens , adding them and the figures which stand in the place of tens together ; then proceed in the same manner to the third place , or hundreds , and so from place to place to the last , and set down the whole sum ...
... carry to the place of tens , adding them and the figures which stand in the place of tens together ; then proceed in the same manner to the third place , or hundreds , and so from place to place to the last , and set down the whole sum ...
Page 19
... 7 2 8 4 former maketh ten or more than ten , add the overplus above ten to the next figure above it , 31 3 0 6 and so proceed to the top ; then count the points and : and how many they are , so many carry and Chap . II . 19 Addition .
... 7 2 8 4 former maketh ten or more than ten , add the overplus above ten to the next figure above it , 31 3 0 6 and so proceed to the top ; then count the points and : and how many they are , so many carry and Chap . II . 19 Addition .
Page 20
... carry and add to the fi- gures of the next place , and proceed in like manner thro ' all the places , and the points of the last place collect , and set their number to the left - hand of the figure under the last place . This rule doth ...
... carry and add to the fi- gures of the next place , and proceed in like manner thro ' all the places , and the points of the last place collect , and set their number to the left - hand of the figure under the last place . This rule doth ...
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... carry one , And thus from place to place the work is done , From [ 1 ] 8103 Take 4193 [ 2 ] 1969 1408 [ 3 ] 1917 1718 [ 4 ] 1549 1460 From [ 5 ] 6119889 • Take 3599907 [ 6 ] 4090987 1989849 [ 7 ] 6278500 1435045 From [ 8 ] 69740167423 ...
... carry one , And thus from place to place the work is done , From [ 1 ] 8103 Take 4193 [ 2 ] 1969 1408 [ 3 ] 1917 1718 [ 4 ] 1549 1460 From [ 5 ] 6119889 • Take 3599907 [ 6 ] 4090987 1989849 [ 7 ] 6278500 1435045 From [ 8 ] 69740167423 ...
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... carry the quotient figure to be added with the figures of the next superior de- nomination , and so proceed from one denomination to ano- ther until all be finished . PENCE TABLE . -S . d . 5. d . 20 Pence is 1 08 . 110 Pence is 09 02 ...
... carry the quotient figure to be added with the figures of the next superior de- nomination , and so proceed from one denomination to ano- ther until all be finished . PENCE TABLE . -S . d . 5. d . 20 Pence is 1 08 . 110 Pence is 09 02 ...
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Page 137 - Upon this, they called a truce, and agreed that the £ of the whole, left by A at first, should be equally divided among them. How much of the prize, after this distribution, remained with each of the competitors ? •«»»• AVA A; jfiflflfe B; jfoflfc C; i£ff& D; 85.
Page 132 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
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Page 320 - To Divide One Number by Another, Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and obtain the antilogarithm of the difference.
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Page 150 - ... performed by removing the separatrix in the dividend, so many places towards the left hand as there are cyphers in the divisor.