The Common School Arithmetic: Combining Analysis and Synthesis ; Adapted to the Best Mode of Instruction in the Elements of Written Arithmetic |
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... amount . The sum or amount of two or more numbers is a number which contains the same number of units as the two or more numbers put together ; thus , 7 is the sum of 3 and 4 , because there are just as many units in 7 as in 3 and 4 put ...
... amount . The sum or amount of two or more numbers is a number which contains the same number of units as the two or more numbers put together ; thus , 7 is the sum of 3 and 4 , because there are just as many units in 7 as in 3 and 4 put ...
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... amount of each column is less than 10 . 6. A manufacturer sold 125 yards of cloth to one merchant , 342 to another , and 231 to another ; how many yards did he sell in all ? Ans . 698 . Having arranged the numbers so that units ...
... amount of each column is less than 10 . 6. A manufacturer sold 125 yards of cloth to one merchant , 342 to another , and 231 to another ; how many yards did he sell in all ? Ans . 698 . Having arranged the numbers so that units ...
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... amount of any column is 10 o more . 18. Add together 27 , 93 , and 145 . OPERATION . 27 93 145 Ans . 265 . Having arranged the numbers , add the column of units ; thus , 5 and 3 are 8 , and 7 are 15 units ( = 1 ten and 5 units ) . The 5 ...
... amount of any column is 10 o more . 18. Add together 27 , 93 , and 145 . OPERATION . 27 93 145 Ans . 265 . Having arranged the numbers , add the column of units ; thus , 5 and 3 are 8 , and 7 are 15 units ( = 1 ten and 5 units ) . The 5 ...
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... amount of any column is ten or more , where is the right - hand figure of the amount written ? What is done with the left - hand figure ? Repeat the rule for Addition . 47. How is Addition proved ? Why not add upward a second time ? Is ...
... amount of any column is ten or more , where is the right - hand figure of the amount written ? What is done with the left - hand figure ? Repeat the rule for Addition . 47. How is Addition proved ? Why not add upward a second time ? Is ...
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... amount of $ 4276 , and thereby gained $ 1142 ; what did the goods cost him ? 63. A farm was sold for $ 3462 , which was $ 876 more than it cost ; what did it cost ? 64. The distance from the earth to the sun is 28 SUBTRACTION .
... amount of $ 4276 , and thereby gained $ 1142 ; what did the goods cost him ? 63. A farm was sold for $ 3462 , which was $ 876 more than it cost ; what did it cost ? 64. The distance from the earth to the sun is 28 SUBTRACTION .
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acres of land amount annex bank bill bought bushels called ciphers common fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers computing interest contains cost cube cubic debts decimal fraction decimal places difference discount Divide dividend divisible dollars equal equated example Explain Ex farthings feet figure find the interest gain gallons given number greatest common divisor Hence higher denominations hundred improper fraction inches interest of $1 July least common multiple longitude lower denomination marked price measure miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE OPERATION payment pounds premium present worth prime factors principal PROBLEM Proof quarts quotient ratio Reduce rods Rule for finding shillings 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 283 - 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 42 - 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 76 - 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 10 - How does moving a figure towards the left ntluct its vniu«' make one ten, ten tens make one hundred, ten hundreds make one thousand, and, in short, ten units of any order make one unit of the next higher order.
Page 294 - Divide the difference of the extremes by the number of terms, less 1, and the quotient will be the common difference.
Page 76 - TABLE. 60 Seconds (sec.) . make 1 Minute, m. 60 Minutes " 1 Hour, h. 24 Hours
Page 74 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...
Page 294 - Given the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms.
Page 36 - RULE. Annex as many ciphers to the multiplicand as there are ciphers in the multiplier, and the number so formed will be the •product.
Page 130 - Therefore, multiplying both terms of a fraction by the same number does not alter its value.