The School-master's Guide: Or, a Complete System of Practical Arithmetic: Adapted to the Use of Schools. ... The Second Edition. By Charles Hutton, ... |
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... shall contain a given compound num- ber any propofed number of times . COM RULE . 1. Write the multiplier under the lowest denomina- tion of the multiplicand . 2. Multiply the number of the lowest denomination . by the multiplier , and ...
... shall contain a given compound num- ber any propofed number of times . COM RULE . 1. Write the multiplier under the lowest denomina- tion of the multiplicand . 2. Multiply the number of the lowest denomination . by the multiplier , and ...
Page 32
... shall be a compound number . RULE . 1. Place the divifor and dividend as in fimple divifion . 2. Begin at the highest denomination and divide each by the divifor , writing the quotes under their respective - dividends . 3. But if there ...
... shall be a compound number . RULE . 1. Place the divifor and dividend as in fimple divifion . 2. Begin at the highest denomination and divide each by the divifor , writing the quotes under their respective - dividends . 3. But if there ...
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... shall the quote be fo many of the faid next name ; do this fo long as there is any remainder , till you have reduced it to the least name , and all the quotients together will be the answer . If the tft term , and either the 2d or 3d ...
... shall the quote be fo many of the faid next name ; do this fo long as there is any remainder , till you have reduced it to the least name , and all the quotients together will be the answer . If the tft term , and either the 2d or 3d ...
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... shall be 1 2 .. IV . To reduce a mixt number to an equivalent improper . fraction . RULE Multiply the integer by the denominator of the fraction , to the product add the numerator ; then the fum wrote above the denominator will form the ...
... shall be 1 2 .. IV . To reduce a mixt number to an equivalent improper . fraction . RULE Multiply the integer by the denominator of the fraction , to the product add the numerator ; then the fum wrote above the denominator will form the ...
Page 90
... number into pparts , which shall be as the numbers a , b , c , ¿ e . an a + b + c Solution . bn 16 : a + b + c + & ex ni : a + b + c + & c . сп a + b + c + & c . & c . & c . 6. A piece of ground , confifting of 37 ac SINGLE FELLOWSHIP .
... number into pparts , which shall be as the numbers a , b , c , ¿ e . an a + b + c Solution . bn 16 : a + b + c + & ex ni : a + b + c + & c . сп a + b + c + & c . & c . & c . 6. A piece of ground , confifting of 37 ac SINGLE FELLOWSHIP .
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Page 148 - A hare starts 40 yards before a grey-hound, and is not perceived by him till she has been up 40 seconds : she scuds away at the rate of...
Page 109 - 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 39 - If a footman travel 130 miles in 3 days, when the days are 12 hours long ; in how many days, of 10 hours each, may he travel 360 miles ? Ans. 9|f days. 5. If 120 bushels of corn can serve 14 horses 56 days, how many days will 94 bushels serve 6 horses?
Page 140 - If the errors are unlike, divide the sum of the products by the sum of the errors, and the quotient will be the answer.
Page 44 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, — RULE : Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, to the product add the numerator, and write the result over the denominator.
Page 32 - ... number, if any, which was in this denomination before, then divide the sum as usual, and so on, till the whole is finished. The method of proof is the same as in Simple Division.
Page 43 - RULE. Divide the numerator by the denominator, and the quotient will be the whole or mixed number sought.
Page 144 - If a quantity of provisions serves 1500 men 12 weeks, at the rate of 20 ounces a day for each man, how many men will the same provisions maintain for 20 weeks, at the rate of 8 ounces a day for each man ? 55.
Page 57 - ... 1 from 5 to 15 ; 2 from 15 to 25 ; 3 from 25 to 35, &c.
Page 104 - RULE. Find, as in Alligation Medial, what will be the rate of a mixture made of the given quantities of the limited ingredients only; then consider this as the rate of a limited ingredient, whose quantity is the sum of the...