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... added ; adding ; joining ; uniting two or numbers in one sum . XII XI X IT IX II IV VI VII VI 4 MENTAL ARITHMETIC .
... added ; adding ; joining ; uniting two or numbers in one sum . XII XI X IT IX II IV VI VII VI 4 MENTAL ARITHMETIC .
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... added to 100 cents will make 200 cents ? 11. What is the difference between 300 cents and 700 cents ? 12. How much smaller is 70 than 270 ? 500 than 1000 ? 13. How much larger is 590 than 90 ? 1275 than 275 ? 14. A gentleman paid 250 ...
... added to 100 cents will make 200 cents ? 11. What is the difference between 300 cents and 700 cents ? 12. How much smaller is 70 than 270 ? 500 than 1000 ? 13. How much larger is 590 than 90 ? 1275 than 275 ? 14. A gentleman paid 250 ...
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... adding , every fourth year , one more day , making 366 days to the year , called Bissextile ( 16 ) or Leapyear . Bissextile or Leapyear then has 366 days , and happens once in 4 years , so that any year that can be divided by 4 without ...
... adding , every fourth year , one more day , making 366 days to the year , called Bissextile ( 16 ) or Leapyear . Bissextile or Leapyear then has 366 days , and happens once in 4 years , so that any year that can be divided by 4 without ...
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... added 4 times , makes 20. Hence Multiplication may be performed by Addition . 10 Subtraction too is virtually performed by Addition , for 5 from 20 leaves 15 only because 15 and 5 are 20 . 11 RESOLVABLE , [ L. resolvo . ] That may be ...
... added 4 times , makes 20. Hence Multiplication may be performed by Addition . 10 Subtraction too is virtually performed by Addition , for 5 from 20 leaves 15 only because 15 and 5 are 20 . 11 RESOLVABLE , [ L. resolvo . ] That may be ...
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... added , or which increases . 4 OCCUR , [ L. occurro . ] Meet ; come to the mind ; appear ; meet the eye . 5 EXTREME , [ L. extremus , the last . ] Outermost ; fatherest ; most pressing . 5 ENHANCES , Raises ; lifts ; advances ...
... added , or which increases . 4 OCCUR , [ L. occurro . ] Meet ; come to the mind ; appear ; meet the eye . 5 EXTREME , [ L. extremus , the last . ] Outermost ; fatherest ; most pressing . 5 ENHANCES , Raises ; lifts ; advances ...
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12 cents 50 cents acres amount angles annexing apiece barrels of flour bought breadth bushels called cent pieces ciphers circumference composite number compound interest compound numbers contain cube root cubic decimal diameter discount Divide dividend Division dollars equal example factors farthings Federal money feet long Find the sum fraction frustrum gain gallons given number greater greatest common divisor Hence hogshead hundred hundredths improper fraction inches indorsed least common multiple length merchant miles million mills minuend mixed number molasses months multiplicand Multiply ounces payment pence pounds present worth proportion purchase quantity quarts quotient rate per cent ratio received Reduce remainder Repeat the Table rule for finding sells shillings sides sold solid feet square rods square root subtract subtrahend Suppose third term thousand TROY WEIGHT units vulgar fraction weight whole number yards of cloth
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Page 244 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 117 - Find a common measure, by dividing the greater term by the less, and this divisor by the remainder, and so on, always dividing the last divisor by the last remainder, till nothing remains; the last divisor is the common measure.* 2. Divide both of the terms of the fraction by the common measure, aud the quotients will make the fraction required. * To find the greatest common measure...
Page 118 - Mnltiple of two or more numbers is the least number that can be divided by each of them without a remainder ; thus 30 is the least common multiple of 10 and 15.
Page 279 - ... above the upper deck ; the breadth thereof at the broadest part above the main wales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and...
Page 123 - Multiply the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators together for a new denominator.
Page 37 - This is no denial of the mathematical proposition that the whole is equal to the sum of all its parts...
Page 263 - ... how many days did he work, and how many days was he idle?
Page 45 - Multiplication is the process of taking one number as many times as there are units in another number. The PRODUCT is the result of the multiplication.
Page 209 - The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent.
Page 188 - Compute the interest to the time of the first payment ; if that be one year or more from the time the interest commenced, add it to the principal, and deduct the payment from the sum total If there be...