The American Tutor's Assistant Revised, Or, A Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic: Containing the Several Rules of that Useful Science, Concisely Defined, Methodically Arranged, and Fully Exemplified : the Whole Particularly Adapted to the Easy and Regular Instruction of Youth in Our American Schools |
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... remainder to pay is 162d . what was the sum borrowed sent year 18 : 2 ; TE SIMPLE SUBTRACTION , EACHETH to take a less number. aris wer 1000d . RULE . Put the less number under the greater , SIMPLE 4 Simple Addition .
... remainder to pay is 162d . what was the sum borrowed sent year 18 : 2 ; TE SIMPLE SUBTRACTION , EACHETH to take a less number. aris wer 1000d . RULE . Put the less number under the greater , SIMPLE 4 Simple Addition .
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... remainder , set down the result , and carry I to the next place ; and so proceed . PROOF . Add the remainder to the less number , and the sum , if right , will be equal to the greater.- EXAMPLES . From 4736985 9736214 18346152 74614328 ...
... remainder , set down the result , and carry I to the next place ; and so proceed . PROOF . Add the remainder to the less number , and the sum , if right , will be equal to the greater.- EXAMPLES . From 4736985 9736214 18346152 74614328 ...
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... remainder ( if any ) which must be less than the divisor , and of the same name with the dividend . Simple division is of two kinds , viz . short and long SHORT SHORT DIVISION . Short division is that in which the Simple Division .
... remainder ( if any ) which must be less than the divisor , and of the same name with the dividend . Simple division is of two kinds , viz . short and long SHORT SHORT DIVISION . Short division is that in which the Simple Division .
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... remainder , if any , and to that product add the first remainder for the true one . EXAMPLES . I Divide 7463521 by 18 2 3 4 . 73681090 by 48 740043612 by 96 57384659 by 144 facit 414640 Remainder . 1535022 34 7708787 60 398504 83 LONG ...
... remainder , if any , and to that product add the first remainder for the true one . EXAMPLES . I Divide 7463521 by 18 2 3 4 . 73681090 by 48 740043612 by 96 57384659 by 144 facit 414640 Remainder . 1535022 34 7708787 60 398504 83 LONG ...
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... remainder , divided by the quotient , will quote the divisor . EXAMPLE S. Dividend Divisor 41 ) 9 4 9 7 9 ( 2 3 1 6 Quotient , 8 2 41 1.2.9 1 2 3 2 3 1 9 9 2 6.6 9 4 9 7 9 Proof . 67 4 1 2 6 9 2 4 6 Remainder 2 3 2 Divide 7461389 by 3 ...
... remainder , divided by the quotient , will quote the divisor . EXAMPLE S. Dividend Divisor 41 ) 9 4 9 7 9 ( 2 3 1 6 Quotient , 8 2 41 1.2.9 1 2 3 2 3 1 9 9 2 6.6 9 4 9 7 9 Proof . 67 4 1 2 6 9 2 4 6 Remainder 2 3 2 Divide 7461389 by 3 ...
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Page 155 - Hence, when the extremes and number of terms are given, to find the common difference, — Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 127 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
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Page 27 - And every other thirty-one, Except the second month alone, Which has but twenty-eight in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.
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Page 151 - A merchant laid out 691?. 4s. in cloths, but forgot the number of pieces purchased, also how many yards were in each piece, and what they cost him per yard ; but remembers that they cost him as many...