Higher Arithmetic: Or, The Science and Application of Numbers; Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Modes of Instruction ... |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 37
Page v
... contraction , extends to the higher operations in mercantile affairs , and the more abstruse departments of the science . 2. Great pains have been taken to render the definitions and rules clear , concise , exact , comprehensive . 3. It ...
... contraction , extends to the higher operations in mercantile affairs , and the more abstruse departments of the science . 2. Great pains have been taken to render the definitions and rules clear , concise , exact , comprehensive . 3. It ...
Page ix
... Contractions in Multiplication , six methods , GENERAL RULE for Division , SECTION V. Different methods of Proving Division , Contractions in Division , nine methods , General principles in Division , CANCELATION , Applications of the ...
... Contractions in Multiplication , six methods , GENERAL RULE for Division , SECTION V. Different methods of Proving Division , Contractions in Division , nine methods , General principles in Division , CANCELATION , Applications of the ...
Page x
... Contractions in Division of Fractions , three methods , Complex Fractions reduced to Simple ones , 133 136 138 139 ... Contractions in Multiplication of Decimals , two cases , 201 Division of Decimals , 205 Contractions in Division of ...
... Contractions in Division of Fractions , three methods , Complex Fractions reduced to Simple ones , 133 136 138 139 ... Contractions in Multiplication of Decimals , two cases , 201 Division of Decimals , 205 Contractions in Division of ...
Page xi
... Contractions , & c . To find the cost of articles bought and sold by the 100 or 100 Bills , Accounts , & c . , SECTION XII . PERCENTAGE , Percentage Table , & c . , Applications of Percentage , · Commission , Brokerage , and Stocks ...
... Contractions , & c . To find the cost of articles bought and sold by the 100 or 100 Bills , Accounts , & c . , SECTION XII . PERCENTAGE , Percentage Table , & c . , Applications of Percentage , · Commission , Brokerage , and Stocks ...
Page 25
... contraction become thirteen , fourteen , fifteen , and are therefore significant of the numbers which they denote . The terms eleven and iwelve , are generally regarded as primitive words ; at all events , there is no perceptible ...
... contraction become thirteen , fourteen , fifteen , and are therefore significant of the numbers which they denote . The terms eleven and iwelve , are generally regarded as primitive words ; at all events , there is no perceptible ...
Contents
53 | |
66 | |
82 | |
89 | |
94 | |
102 | |
107 | |
117 | |
282 | |
292 | |
298 | |
316 | |
321 | |
328 | |
334 | |
340 | |
122 | |
144 | |
179 | |
186 | |
194 | |
201 | |
208 | |
215 | |
244 | |
263 | |
270 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres amount Analysis annexed answer required antecedent Arithmetic avoirdupois bank discount barrels bbls bought bushels called canceling ciphers CIRCULATING DECIMALS common fraction composite number compound numbers consequently contained cost cube currency decimal figures denotes difference Divide the given dividend division dollars dolls Dry Measure duodecimals equal expressed farthings Federal Money gain gallons gals given fractions given number greatest common divisor Hence hhds hundred hundredths improper fraction insured interest of $1 least common denominator least common multiple less miles mills mixed number mixture months multiplicand Multiply number of days Operation partial product payable pence period pound premium present worth prime factors prime number principal proportion quantity quotient rate per cent ratio remainder rods shillings sold subtract thousandths Troy Troy weight units usury weight whole number yard
Popular passages
Page 369 - The square described on the hypothenuse of a rightangled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares described on the other two sides.
Page 237 - ... dividend, as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 97 - The greatest common divisor of two or more numbers, is the greatest number which will divide them without a remainder. Thus 6 is the greatest common divisor of 12, 18, 24, and 30.
Page 366 - Multiply the divisor, thus increased, by the last figure of the root; subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 74 - In the same manner it may be shown, that removing two ciphers from the right of a number, divides it by 100; removing three, divides it by 1000 ; removing four, divides it by 10000, &c.
Page 204 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and from the right hand of the quotient point off as many places for decimals as the decimal places in the dividend exceed those in the divisor.
Page 259 - If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due...
Page 314 - ... multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number, does not alter the value of the fraction.
Page 48 - Multiplying ly any whole number, is taking the multiplicand as many times, as there are units in the multiplier.
Page 106 - An improper fraction is one whose numerator is equal to, or greater than its denominator ; as, •f , if.