The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic, : Designed for the Use of Schools in the United States |
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... simple numbers . By acquainting the pupil thus early with decimals , he will be likely to understand them better and to avail himself of the facilities they afford in the so- lution of questions and the transaction of business ...
... simple numbers . By acquainting the pupil thus early with decimals , he will be likely to understand them better and to avail himself of the facilities they afford in the so- lution of questions and the transaction of business ...
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... simple combinations . We have seen , says Dr. Griscom , a class of girls , whose ages everage not more than nine years , by the force of memory , and a few plain rules , multiply seven or eight figures by an equal number , enumerate and ...
... simple combinations . We have seen , says Dr. Griscom , a class of girls , whose ages everage not more than nine years , by the force of memory , and a few plain rules , multiply seven or eight figures by an equal number , enumerate and ...
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... simple operations , children will soon become familiar with the fundamental principles of Arithmetic and their application to practical purposes . They will at the same time be acquiring habits of attention , and a promptness of ...
... simple operations , children will soon become familiar with the fundamental principles of Arithmetic and their application to practical purposes . They will at the same time be acquiring habits of attention , and a promptness of ...
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... simple and com- mon fractions ; but enough , probably , to make the pupil familiar with the notation of fractions generally . While learning the notation and numeration of fractions , the pupils should be frequently exercised in writing ...
... simple and com- mon fractions ; but enough , probably , to make the pupil familiar with the notation of fractions generally . While learning the notation and numeration of fractions , the pupils should be frequently exercised in writing ...
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... simple and easy . By forty feet of round timber , in the table 17 . of solid measure , is meant so much round timber as will make forty 18. What is the use of this meas- feet after it is squared . QUESTIONS . 1. What is the table of ...
... simple and easy . By forty feet of round timber , in the table 17 . of solid measure , is meant so much round timber as will make forty 18. What is the use of this meas- feet after it is squared . QUESTIONS . 1. What is the table of ...
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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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