Arithmetic: In which the Principles of Operating by Numbers are Analytically Explained and Synthetically Applied : Illustrated by Copious Examples |
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... Subtraction of Fractions ,. 87 Least Common Denominator , or Least by a whole DECIMAL FRACTIONS AND FEDERAL MONEY ... Subtraction , .23 Problems in the Measurement of Rec- Review of Subtraction , . 29 tangles and Solids , 69 ...
... Subtraction of Fractions ,. 87 Least Common Denominator , or Least by a whole DECIMAL FRACTIONS AND FEDERAL MONEY ... Subtraction , .23 Problems in the Measurement of Rec- Review of Subtraction , . 29 tangles and Solids , 69 ...
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... Subtraction of Fractional Compound Numbers , 164 II . Beer Measure , 144 Multiplication and Division of Com- III . Dry Measure , 144 pound Numbers , 165 Time , 145 Difference in longitude and time be- Circular Measure , 146 tween ...
... Subtraction of Fractional Compound Numbers , 164 II . Beer Measure , 144 Multiplication and Division of Com- III . Dry Measure , 144 pound Numbers , 165 Time , 145 Difference in longitude and time be- Circular Measure , 146 tween ...
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... SUBTRACTION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS . T 15. 1. Charles , having 18 cents , bought a book , for which he gave 6 cents ; how ... Subtraction . The greater number is called the Minuend , the less number the Subtrahend T 15 . 23 SUBTRACTION OF ...
... SUBTRACTION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS . T 15. 1. Charles , having 18 cents , bought a book , for which he gave 6 cents ; how ... Subtraction . The greater number is called the Minuend , the less number the Subtrahend T 15 . 23 SUBTRACTION OF ...
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... subtraction is called the Difference , or Re- mainder . 7. If the minuend be 8 , and the subtrahend 3 , what is the difference or remainder ? Ans . 5 . 8. If the subtrahend be 4 , and the minuend 16 , what is the remainder ? SIGN . - -A ...
... subtraction is called the Difference , or Re- mainder . 7. If the minuend be 8 , and the subtrahend 3 , what is the difference or remainder ? Ans . 5 . 8. If the subtrahend be 4 , and the minuend 16 , what is the remainder ? SIGN . - -A ...
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... subtracted from each other ; for we can no more take 3 tens from 7 units than we can take 3 cows from 7 sheep . Examples in which each figure in the subtrahend is less than the figure above it . 2. There ... SUBTRACTION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS .
... subtracted from each other ; for we can no more take 3 tens from 7 units than we can take 3 cows from 7 sheep . Examples in which each figure in the subtrahend is less than the figure above it . 2. There ... SUBTRACTION OF SIMPLE NUMBERS .
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Page 146 - 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 196 - What is the interest of $216'80, at 7 per cent., for 1 month ? for 2 months ? 3 mo. ? 4 mo. ? 5 mo. ? 6 mo. ? 7 mo. ? 8 mo. ? 9 mo.? 10 mo. ? 11 mo.
Page 287 - The first term, ratio , and number of terms given to find the sum of the series. 1. A lady bought 6 yards of silk, agreeing to pay 5 cents for the first yard, 15 for the second, and so on, increasing in a three fold proportion ; what did the whole cost ? SOLUTION.
Page 49 - The number to be divided is called the dividend. The number by which we divide is called the divisor. The number which shows how many times the divisor is contained in the dividend is called the quotient.
Page 236 - 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 60 - Multiply the last remainder by the first divisor, and to the product add the first remainder ; the sum will be the true remainder.
Page 55 - Multiply the integer of the quotient by the divisor, and to the product add the remainder, if any ; and the result will equal the dividend, if the work is right.
Page 147 - TABLE. 60 seconds (") - make - 1 minute, - marked - ' 60 minutes ----- 1 degree, - - - - - ° 30 degrees ,----- 1 sign, ------ s. 12 signs, or 360 degrees, - 1 circle of the zodiac. Note. Every circle, whether great or small, is divisible into 360 equal parts, called degrees. 71. Reduce 9s. 13° 25
Page 84 - 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 83 - Fractions. Reduction of fractions is changing them from one form to another without altering their value. To reduce an improper fraction to a whole or mixed number. 1. In 4 halves (J) .of an apple how many whole apples?