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... DECIMAL FRACTIONS . UNITED STATES MONEY . COMPOUND NUMBERS . PAGE PAGE Definitions 7 Roman Notation • 15 Notation and Numeration Exercises in Roman Notation • 16 • French Numeration Table 10 Addition · · 17 Exercises in French ...
... DECIMAL FRACTIONS . UNITED STATES MONEY . COMPOUND NUMBERS . PAGE PAGE Definitions 7 Roman Notation • 15 Notation and Numeration Exercises in Roman Notation • 16 • French Numeration Table 10 Addition · · 17 Exercises in French ...
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... Decimals PAGE · 128 129 • · 131 132 133 • 134 • 136 137 PAGE Common Fractions reduced to Dec- • imals Integers of Lower Denominations Reduced to the Decimal of a Higher Denomination 138 • 140 A Decimal of a Higher Denomina- tion Reduced ...
... Decimals PAGE · 128 129 • · 131 132 133 • 134 • 136 137 PAGE Common Fractions reduced to Dec- • imals Integers of Lower Denominations Reduced to the Decimal of a Higher Denomination 138 • 140 A Decimal of a Higher Denomina- tion Reduced ...
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... country ? 18. Name the diff erent periods in the French Numeration Table . Repeat the table . 19. The value of the figures in this table , 10 NOTATION AND NUMERATION . Definitions Decimal Numeration Table Notation and Numeration.
... country ? 18. Name the diff erent periods in the French Numeration Table . Repeat the table . 19. The value of the figures in this table , 10 NOTATION AND NUMERATION . Definitions Decimal Numeration Table Notation and Numeration.
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... DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 155. A DECIMAL FRACTION is a fraction whose denomi- nator is 10 , 100 , 1000 , or 1 with one or more ciphers annexed . NOTE 1. The word decimal is derived from the Latin decem , which signi- fies ten . NOTE 2. By the ...
... DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 155. A DECIMAL FRACTION is a fraction whose denomi- nator is 10 , 100 , 1000 , or 1 with one or more ciphers annexed . NOTE 1. The word decimal is derived from the Latin decem , which signi- fies ten . NOTE 2. By the ...
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... decimal fractions both decrease by the same law from left to right , they may be ex- pressed together in the same example , and numerated as in the following NUMERATION TABLE . 160. A ... decimal fraction as we read a DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 129.
... decimal fractions both decrease by the same law from left to right , they may be ex- pressed together in the same example , and numerated as in the following NUMERATION TABLE . 160. A ... decimal fraction as we read a DECIMAL FRACTIONS . 129.
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25 per cent amount annex bill Bought bushels ciphers common fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers cost cube cubic debts decimal fraction decimal places difference discount Divide dividend divisible dollars equal equated example Explain Ex farthings figure find the interest gain or loss gallon given number greatest common divisor Hence higher denominations hundred improper fraction inches interest of $1 July least common multiple longitude lower denomination marked price Mdse miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE OPERATION oxen payment pounds premium present worth prime factors principal PROBLEM Proof proper fraction proportional quotient ratio Reduce remainder rods Rule for finding sell sold square root subtract subtrahend TABLE tens term of credit thousand Troy Weight units weight whole number wide yards of cloth
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Page 39 - DIVISION is the process of finding how many times one number is contained in another, or of finding one of the equal parts of a number.
Page 281 - 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 73 - DRY MEASURE 2 pints (pt.) = 1 quart (qt.) 8 quarts =1 peck (pk.) 4 pecks = 1 bushel (bu...
Page 74 - Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November ; All the rest have thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
Page 292 - RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms less one, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 134 - RULE. Divide as in whole numbers, and point off as many figures for decimals in the quotient as the number of decimal places in the dividend exceeds those in the divisor.
Page 72 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 24 - ROLE. 1. Write the less number under the greater, units, under units, tens under tens, etc., and draw a line beneath. 2. Beginning at the right hand, take each figure of the subtrahend from the figure above it, and set the remainder under the line.
Page 67 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
Page 126 - The denominator of a decimal fraction is not usually expressed, since it can be easily determined, it being 1 with as many ciphers annexed as there are figures in the given decimal. 158. A decimal fraction is distinguished from a whole number by a period, called the decimal point...