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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... cipher , naught , or zero , and , standing alone , it signifies nothing . Each of the remaining nine figures represents the number placed under it , and for convenience in distinguishing them from O , they are called significant figures ...
... cipher , naught , or zero , and , standing alone , it signifies nothing . Each of the remaining nine figures represents the number placed under it , and for convenience in distinguishing them from O , they are called significant figures ...
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... ciphers ; thus 100. In like manner two hundred , three hundred , etc. , are written ; thus , 200 , 300 , 600 , 800 , etc. Two hundred , Three hundred , Six hundred , Eight hundred , etc. 12. The other numbers , up to one thousand , may ...
... ciphers ; thus 100. In like manner two hundred , three hundred , etc. , are written ; thus , 200 , 300 , 600 , 800 , etc. Two hundred , Three hundred , Six hundred , Eight hundred , etc. 12. The other numbers , up to one thousand , may ...
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... cipher , when used with other figures , fills a place that would otherwise be vacant ; thus , in 206 the cipher occupies the place of tens , because there are no tens expressed in the given number . 17. The figures of large numbers ...
... cipher , when used with other figures , fills a place that would otherwise be vacant ; thus , in 206 the cipher occupies the place of tens , because there are no tens expressed in the given number . 17. The figures of large numbers ...
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... cipher . EXERCISES IN FRENCH NOTATION AND NUMERATION . 24. Let the learner write the following numbers in figures , and read them by the French method : 1. Two units of the third order and five of the first . Ans . 205 . NOTE . Since no ...
... cipher . EXERCISES IN FRENCH NOTATION AND NUMERATION . 24. Let the learner write the following numbers in figures , and read them by the French method : 1. Two units of the third order and five of the first . Ans . 205 . NOTE . Since no ...
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... cipher . EXERCISES IN ENGLISH NOTATION AND NUMERATION . 32. Write the following , and read by the English method : 1. Five units of the eighth order , six of the seventh , two of the fourth , and one of the third . Ans . 56,002100 . 27 ...
... cipher . EXERCISES IN ENGLISH NOTATION AND NUMERATION . 32. Write the following , and read by the English method : 1. Five units of the eighth order , six of the seventh , two of the fourth , and one of the third . Ans . 56,002100 . 27 ...
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acres of land amount annex bill Bought bushels called cent ciphers common fraction complex fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers computed contains cords cost cube decimal diameter difference discount divi Divide dividend divisible dollars equal example Explain Ex farthings feet figure gallons given number gives greatest common divisor Hence higher denominations hundred improper fraction interest of $1 least common multiple longitude lower denomination marked price measure meters miles minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE number of terms OPERATION ounces payment pence pounds prime factors prime number principal PROBLEM quarts quotient ratio Reduce rods Rule for finding shillings simple fraction sold square root subtract subtrahend TABLE tens thousand tion tons trial divisor Troy Weight true remainder units weight whole number wide worth yards of cloth
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Page 105 - Multiplying or dividing both terms of a fraction by the same number does not change its value.
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 274 - ... has been taken as a factor as many times as there are units in the index of the required power. Ex. 1.
Page 69 - SQUARE MEASURE 144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 30| square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 640 acres = 1 square mile (sq.
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 144 - TABLE. 10 Mills (m.) = 1 Cent . . ct. 10 Cents = 1 Dime . . d. 10 Dimes = 1 Dollar . $. 10 Dollars = 1 Eagle . E.
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 10 - How does moving a figure towards the left affect its value! 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 64 - TABLE. 16 Drams (dr.) make 1 Ounce, oz. 16 Ounces " 1 Pound, Ib. 25 Pounds " 1 Quarter, qr. 4 Quarters " 1 Hundred Weight, cwt. 20 Hundred Weight
Page 272 - When the quantity of one simple is given, after finding the proportional quantities, by the above rule, we may say, As the PROPORTIONAL quantity : is to the GIVEN quantity : : so is each of the other PROPORTIONAL quantities : to the REQUIRED quantities of each.