The Common School Arithmetic: Combining Analysis and Synthesis; Adapted to the Best Mode of Instruction in the Elements of Written ArithmeticF.A. Brown & Company, 1862 |
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... less important parts have been treated more briefly or entirely omitted . A corresponding change in the character of the examples has also been made . As in the larger work , so here , constant attention has been paid to the brevity ...
... less important parts have been treated more briefly or entirely omitted . A corresponding change in the character of the examples has also been made . As in the larger work , so here , constant attention has been paid to the brevity ...
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... less important parts have been treated more briefly or entirely omitted . A corresponding change in the character of the examples has also been made . As in the larger work , so here , constant attention has been paid to the brevity ...
... less important parts have been treated more briefly or entirely omitted . A corresponding change in the character of the examples has also been made . As in the larger work , so here , constant attention has been paid to the brevity ...
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... less value is placed before one of greater , the difference of their values is indicated ; as , IX stands for 9 , XL for 40 , XC for 90 . 3d . When a letter of less value stands between two of greater value , the less is to be taken ...
... less value is placed before one of greater , the difference of their values is indicated ; as , IX stands for 9 , XL for 40 , XC for 90 . 3d . When a letter of less value stands between two of greater value , the less is to be taken ...
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... 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 OPERATION . stand under units ...
... 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 OPERATION . stand under units ...
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... less then ten , set it under that column ; but , if the sum be ten or more , write the units as before , and add the tens to the next column . Thus procced till all the columns are added . 47. PROOF . The usual mode of proof is to begin ...
... less then ten , set it under that column ; but , if the sum be ten or more , write the units as before , and add the tens to the next column . Thus procced till all the columns are added . 47. PROOF . The usual mode of proof is to begin ...
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25 per cent amount annex barrel bill bought bushels called ciphers common fraction composite number compound interest compound numbers computing 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 flour gain or loss 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 Mdse miles mills minuend mixed number months multiplicand Multiply NOTE OPERATION payment pounds premium present worth prime factors principal PROBLEM proper fraction proportional quotient ratio Reduce rods Rule for finding sell sold square root subtract subtrahend TABLE tens term of credit thousand Troy Weight units Weight whole number yards of cloth
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Page 30 - When the multiplier is 10, 100, 1000, or 1 with any number of ciphers annexed, annex as many ciphers to the multiplicand as there are ciphers in the multiplier, and the multiplicand, so increased, will be the product required.
Page 70 - Thirty days hath September, April. June, and November; All the rest have thirty.one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty.eight; and one day more We add to it one year in four.
Page 36 - The dividend is the number to be divided. The divisor is the number by which we divide.
Page 83 - The Least Common Multiple of two or more numbers is the least number that...
Page 274 - 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 131 - When there are more decimal places in the divisor than in the dividend, annex as many ciphers to the dividend as...
Page 63 - 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 136 - Multiply the given decimal by that number which it takes of the next lower denomination to make one of this higher, and from the right hand of the product point off as many figures for decimals as there...
Page 70 - Time. 60 seconds (S.) make 1 minute, marked M. 60 minutes, 1 hour, h. 24 hours, 1 day, d. 7 days, . 1 week, w. 4 weeks, 1 month, mo. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, yr. Thirty days hath September, April, June and November ; February twenty-eight alone, all the rest have thirtyone.
Page 68 - LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills (gi.) = 1 pint (pt.) 2 pints = 1 quart (qt...