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... The operation in the preceding examples is termed Subtraction . Hence , Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers . The larger number is called the Minuend ; the less 26 RAY'S PRACTICAL ARITHMETIC .
... The operation in the preceding examples is termed Subtraction . Hence , Subtraction is the process of finding the difference between two numbers . The larger number is called the Minuend ; the less 26 RAY'S PRACTICAL ARITHMETIC .
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... hence , Place units under units , tens under tens , & c . , that the figures between which the subtraction is to be made , may be in the most convenient position . Jhund . w tens . units . 135 minuend . 112 subtrahend . 23 remainder ...
... hence , Place units under units , tens under tens , & c . , that the figures between which the subtraction is to be made , may be in the most convenient position . Jhund . w tens . units . 135 minuend . 112 subtrahend . 23 remainder ...
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... hence he had 8 left . 1. From 73 subtract 45 . SOLUTION . Here , 5 units can not be taken from 8 units . Take 1 ( ten ) from the 7 ( tens ) , and add this 1 ( ten ) or 10 units to the 3 units , which will muke 13 units in the units ...
... hence he had 8 left . 1. From 73 subtract 45 . SOLUTION . Here , 5 units can not be taken from 8 units . Take 1 ( ten ) from the 7 ( tens ) , and add this 1 ( ten ) or 10 units to the 3 units , which will muke 13 units in the units ...
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... Hence , when a figure in the lower number is greater than that above it , add 10 to the upper figure , then sub- tract the lower figure from the sum ; and , To compensate for the 10 added to the upper figure , increase the next lower ...
... Hence , when a figure in the lower number is greater than that above it , add 10 to the upper figure , then sub- tract the lower figure from the sum ; and , To compensate for the 10 added to the upper figure , increase the next lower ...
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... Hence , the product of two numbers is not altered by changing the order of the factors . What is the difference between 6 × 5 and 5 × 6 ? 9X8 and 6 × 12 ? 10 × 12 and 12 × 10 ? REMARK 1. The product is always of the same kind or denomi ...
... Hence , the product of two numbers is not altered by changing the order of the factors . What is the difference between 6 × 5 and 5 × 6 ? 9X8 and 6 × 12 ? 10 × 12 and 12 × 10 ? REMARK 1. The product is always of the same kind or denomi ...
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Page 181 - Remove the decimal point as many places to the left as there are ciphers in the divisor.
Page 137 - 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 92 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty.one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty.eight; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Page 26 - It shows that the numbers between which it is placed, are to be multiplied together. Thus the expression 9x6, signifies that 9 and 6 are to be multiplied together, and is read, " 9 multiplied by 6," or, simply,
Page 158 - Reduce compound fractions to simple ones, and mixt numbers to improper fractions ; then multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for. a new denominator.
Page 224 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total. If there be after payments made, compute the interest on the balance due to the next payment, and then deduct the payment as above; and, in like manner, from one payment to another, till all the payments are absorbed ; provided the time between one payment and another be one year or more.
Page 83 - Measure 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30j square yards = 1 square rod (sq.
Page 221 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 221 - 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, and then the surplus is to be applied...
Page 127 - ... that is, the fraction takes its name or denomination from the number of parts, into which the unit is divided. Thus, if the unit be divided into 16 parts, the parts are called sixteenths, and 5 of these parts would be 5 sixteenths, expressed thus, -f%.