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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... containing the Answers not given in this book , is published for the use of Teachers . PHILLIPS ACADEMY , ANDOVER , April 19 , 1862 . } CONTENTS . SIMPLE NUMBERS . 13 Multiplication 14 Division REDUCTION iv PREFACE .
... containing the Answers not given in this book , is published for the use of Teachers . PHILLIPS ACADEMY , ANDOVER , April 19 , 1862 . } CONTENTS . SIMPLE NUMBERS . 13 Multiplication 14 Division REDUCTION iv PREFACE .
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... contains units , tens , and hundreds , and is called the period of units ; the second period contains thousands , tens of thousands , and hundreds of thousands , and is called the period of thousands ; etc. , as in the following FRENCH ...
... contains units , tens , and hundreds , and is called the period of units ; the second period contains thousands , tens of thousands , and hundreds of thousands , and is called the period of thousands ; etc. , as in the following FRENCH ...
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... contains units , tens , hundreds , thousands , tens of thou- sands , and hundreds of thousands , and is called the period of units ; the second period contains millions , tens of millions , hun- dreds of millions , thousands of millions ...
... contains units , tens , hundreds , thousands , tens of thou- sands , and hundreds of thousands , and is called the period of units ; the second period contains millions , tens of millions , hun- dreds of millions , thousands of millions ...
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... 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 together ; for a like reason 11 days is the sum of 2 days , 4 days ...
... 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 together ; for a like reason 11 days is the sum of 2 days , 4 days ...
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... contain about 55100 square miles ; Scotland 29600 ; and Ireland , 32000 ; what is the area of the British Islands ? Ans . 116700 square miles . 55. By the census of 1860 , the number of inhabitants of Maine , was 628276 ; of New ...
... contain about 55100 square miles ; Scotland 29600 ; and Ireland , 32000 ; what is the area of the British Islands ? Ans . 116700 square miles . 55. By the census of 1860 , the number of inhabitants of Maine , was 628276 ; of New ...
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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.