The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic, : Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
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... figures by an equal number , enumerate and announce accurately the product and then extract the square root of this large product , and state the root and the remainder , without varying a figure from the truth . In the ordinary course ...
... figures by an equal number , enumerate and announce accurately the product and then extract the square root of this large product , and state the root and the remainder , without varying a figure from the truth . In the ordinary course ...
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... figures . One half is written , one third , } , two thirds , , & c . The figure below the line shows the number of parts into which the thing , or whole , is divided , and the figure above the line shows how many of those parts are ...
... figures . One half is written , one third , } , two thirds , , & c . The figure below the line shows the number of parts into which the thing , or whole , is divided , and the figure above the line shows how many of those parts are ...
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... ? 2 ? 5 ? 7 ? 3 ? 35. 30 , 70 , 85 . 4 ? 8 ? 10 ? 9 ? When things are sold by the 2. At ten cents a desm , how desm , or ten , we have only to cut off the right hand figure of the How much in 8 43 , 44 . 41 COMPOUND NUMBERS .
... ? 2 ? 5 ? 7 ? 3 ? 35. 30 , 70 , 85 . 4 ? 8 ? 10 ? 9 ? When things are sold by the 2. At ten cents a desm , how desm , or ten , we have only to cut off the right hand figure of the How much in 8 43 , 44 . 41 COMPOUND NUMBERS .
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Zadock Thompson. off the right hand figure of the How much in eight ? in ten ? five ? price and those on the left show 11. If a person travel a mile in` how much the things are apiece , & 20 minutes , how many rods does the figure cut ...
Zadock Thompson. off the right hand figure of the How much in eight ? in ten ? five ? price and those on the left show 11. If a person travel a mile in` how much the things are apiece , & 20 minutes , how many rods does the figure cut ...
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... figure having 4 equal sides , and 4 equal angles or corners , as A B C D. C 2. How many square feet square measuring 3 ft . on side ? ( 36. ) B power of a number ? --- by the square of a number ? 7. What is the square root of 9 ? of 4 ...
... figure having 4 equal sides , and 4 equal angles or corners , as A B C D. C 2. How many square feet square measuring 3 ft . on side ? ( 36. ) B power of a number ? --- by the square of a number ? 7. What is the square root of 9 ? of 4 ...
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acres amount angle apples Arithmetic beans remain boys bushels called ciphers circumference cloth cost common denominator common divisor compound compound interest contained cows cube root decimal denoted diameter divide dividend division dollars dolls dry measure equal expressed feet figure five beans foot four beans gain gallon given number greatest common divisor half Hence hundred hundredths inches interest lars least common multiple left hand lemons length measure meration method miles minuend months multiplicand multiply nine payment pence piece pound principal proper fraction proportion quantity quarter quarts QUESTIONS FOR PRACTICE quotient ratio Reduce right hand rods RULE RULE.-Divide RULE.-Multiply shillings side six beans sixth solid square root subtract tens tenths third three beans TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction weeks weight whole number worth write yards of cloth
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