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... NOTE . The idea of number is the latest and most difficult to form . Before the mind can arrive at such an abstract conception , it must be familiar with that process of classification , by which we successively remount from individu ...
... NOTE . The idea of number is the latest and most difficult to form . Before the mind can arrive at such an abstract conception , it must be familiar with that process of classification , by which we successively remount from individu ...
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... NOTE . - The student must be familiar with the names , from Units to Tridecillions , and from Tride- cillions to Units , so that he may repeat them with facility either way . The following Table is the French method of Enumeration ...
... NOTE . - The student must be familiar with the names , from Units to Tridecillions , and from Tride- cillions to Units , so that he may repeat them with facility either way . The following Table is the French method of Enumeration ...
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... NOTE . It is very doubtful , whether the French method is so good as that of the English . Let the following numbers be written in words . 809,317,123,586,315,861,831,561,786,811,123,456,617,831,515 . 76 319 74,679 864,093 27 ; 623,781 ...
... NOTE . It is very doubtful , whether the French method is so good as that of the English . Let the following numbers be written in words . 809,317,123,586,315,861,831,561,786,811,123,456,617,831,515 . 76 319 74,679 864,093 27 ; 623,781 ...
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... NOTE . - The upper line is called the Minuend , and the lower one the Sub- trahend . The result of the question is called the Remainder . PROOF . Add the Remainder to the Subtrahend , and if their sum be like the Minuend , the work is ...
... NOTE . - The upper line is called the Minuend , and the lower one the Sub- trahend . The result of the question is called the Remainder . PROOF . Add the Remainder to the Subtrahend , and if their sum be like the Minuend , the work is ...
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... NOTE 1. It will sometimes happen , that , after a figure is brought down , the number will not contain the divisor ; a cipher is then to be placed in the quotient , and another figure is to be brought down , and so continue until it ...
... NOTE 1. It will sometimes happen , that , after a figure is brought down , the number will not contain the divisor ; a cipher is then to be placed in the quotient , and another figure is to be brought down , and so continue until it ...
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acres amount annuity answer barrel bill Boston Bought breadth broadcloth bushels casks ciphers circumference compound interest contain cube root Daniel Fox decimal diameter Divide dividend divisor dominical letter Ducat ell English equal EXAMPLES exchange farthings federal money feet high feet long feet wide figure flour following RULE gain gallons given number greatest common measure Hence the following hogshead hundred improper fraction inches indorsement John Dow June 17 least common multiple Leger length merchant miles molasses months Multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION ounces payment pence pound cost present worth principal proportion quantity question quotient ratio received Reduce remainder repetend rix dollars rods SECTION shillings side sold square root subtract sugar Sundries third thousand thousandths tons Undecillions United vulgar fraction weight whole numbers wine yards of cloth
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